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THE CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE🇧🇷: Around the globe, there have been many instances of politicians involved in scandals continuing to have successful electoral careers. One such example in Brazil is Paulo Maluf, who has been on Interpol's most-wanted list since 2011 for embezzling public funds and laundering millions of US dollars. Deutsche Bank has recently agreed to pay USD 20 million to settle charges of managing over USD 200 million from the scheme allegedly run by Maluf (Reuters 2014). Despite several convictions, the ex-mayor and ex-governor of São Paulo received the most votes for the position of federal deputy in 2006 and remains in power to this day, surviving both the courts and the ballot. In fact, there are many examples around the world of famous politicians being reelected despite judicial condemnations and serious allegations of malfeasance; examples include Suriname's President Desiré Bouterse, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and US Congressman Michael Grimm in New York.

Using observational data from Brazil we will explore this puzzle at the elite and aggregate levels. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to address the effect of campaign finance on lawmakers’ reputational losses from involvement in corruption.

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THE HISTORY 👩‍⚖️: Latin America is no stranger to attempted coups, and Bolivia even more so. The country tops the global rankings with 23 attempted coups since 1950, 12 of which have failed. But when he was taken into custody, Zúñiga insinuated that the coup was staged. He told the press that Arce had asked him to “prepare something” to “boost his popularity”.

His remarks have been seized upon by the opposition which has demanded a parliamentary inquiry into the claims. In Bolivia’s southern neighbour Argentina, the government of right-wing president, Javier Milei, also declared the coup attempt “fraudulent”.

Despite high levels of waste and corruption, the measures led to rapid economic and social development. Bolivia’s economy has tripled in size over the past 15 years, and poverty has been cut in half. The proportion of Bolivians living on less than US$2 (£1.58) a day fell from 45% in 2003 to 19% a decade later, while income inequality dropped substantially.

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Bolivia: fake or real, the attempted coup exposes the country’s deep underlying turmoil As the dust settles on the attempted coup in Bolivia, people are pointing the finger at the country’s president.

THE HISTORY 🚧: A 1976 coup led to Argentina’s last period of military dictatorship, which ended in 1983. The dictatorship-era government focused security resources on repressing political opposition, leaving space for organized crime to quietly take root in various forms.
The 2000s also saw Argentina’s role as a money laundering center continue to develop. A leaked 2009 cable from the US State Department described Argentina as being “ripe for exploitation” by criminal interests due to what it described as “near complete absence of enforcement coupled with a culture of impunity and corruption.” In 2010, the Financial Action Task Force, an international anti-money laundering group, strongly criticized Argentina for failing to meet standards and added it to a “gray list” as a warning to make improvements. The task force removed Argentina from the gray list in 2014 after it bolstered its efforts on money laundering, and the issue remains a priority for officials today. In the latest report published by the State Department in 2021, Argentina is listed as one of the “major money laundering jurisdictions.”

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Argentina Profile Despite Argentina's prominent role as a drug transit and consumption point, the country does not suffer from high levels of violence.

THE HISTORY 🚨: While much of the American mediasphere has been fixated on the Democratic primaries and the intense escalation of U.S. tensions with Iran over the last month, Puerto Rico has faced an unrelenting series of unfortunate events.
Since December 28th, 2019, more than 500 earthquakes registering magnitude 2.0 or higher have hit Puerto Rico and the surrounding region; on January 7th, a 6.4 quake plunged almost the entire island into blackout just as Hurricane Maria had two years earlier.

It is important to note the damaging passivity of the American federal government in handling the needs of the Puerto Rican people. Since 2017, US agencies have provided only a fraction of the US$91 billion in aid Puerto Rico was estimated to have needed for an adequate recovery process.

Additionally, President Trump has not approved Puerto Rico’s request for a major disaster declaration, blocking the way for additional federal funding. Sadly, this neglect is characteristic of the treatment of Puerto Rico by the United States since the island became a commonwealth in 1952.


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“Ripe for Corruption”: Understanding Governmental Mismanagement in Puerto Rico – McGill Journal of Political Studies While much of the American mediasphere has been fixated on the Democratic primaries and the intense escalation of U.S. tensions with Iran over the last month, Puerto Rico has faced an unrelenting series of unfortunate events. Since December 28th, 2019, more than 500 earthquakes registering magnitude...

THE HISTORY👮🏽‍♀️: In Jamaica, for example, corruption’s negative and long-lasting effects extend to individuals. Corruption is a serious issue affecting politics, law enforcement, judicial rulings, health care, gender issues and sexual harassment, exploitation of the poor, and even day-to-day living. The international corruption perception score for Jamaica in 2013 was 38 out of 100 (Aarons 2014).

At a national level, serious socioeconomic concerns are going unanswered, including poverty and inequality with public funds being directed elsewhere. The result is political instability, mistrust, and widespread fear. Class issues make it even more of a problem and corruption is spreading.

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The Effect of Corruption on Individuals in Jamaica By Jeff Pizzino, APR, Corporate Communications – At the core of corruption is self-indulgence. When power is exploited and self-indulgence is fed, self

THE HISTORY 🚔: The agency pursued 10 unrelated investigations, finding alleged corruption in places including two schools, three mayors' offices and three government agencies.
Also in the north, a former mayor of Saint-Raphael was accused of paying a company more than $15,000 (2 million gourdes) for a soccer field and reading center that were never built. The anti-corruption agency said it tried to track down the company's officials but the physical address provided did not exist.

The agency accused the former director of a school in Maissade in central Haiti of diverting $15,000 (more than 2 million gourdes), alleging he had only 735 students instead of the 1,004 registered.

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Haiti Reveals 'Colossal Loss' of $4M Worth of Corruption 30-page report details corruption at a time when state infrastructure is collapsing amid political instability and deepening poverty