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Corruption

Institutionalized corruption in Ecuador: the challenges facing Noboa’s government

Ecuador faces in 2025 the crucial challenge of dismantling an entrenched system of institutionalized corruption that has captured the state for decades.

Bolivia: State Capacity and Democracy

Today's Bolivia is a weakened state, co-opted by illegal networks and unable to enforce the law in vast areas of the country.

The unpopularity paradox: when fighting corruption is more damaging than hiding it

Effective anti-corruption efforts bring to light schemes that were previously invisible, causing an artificial increase in the perception of the problem.

The fifth wave of organized crime: A tsunami on the horizon in Latin America? 

Over the years, organized crime has demonstrated an astonishing ability to adapt and evolve. Now, the so-called "fifth wave" threatens to take it to an even more sophisticated, influential, and global level.

Sex for votes, the new scandal in the Peruvian Congress

Procuring joins the long list of very serious crimes for which officials or members of the Peruvian Parliament are being investigated by the justice system.

An old video puts Xiomara Castro’s government in jeopardy

The recent cancellation announcement of the extradition agreement seems to be due to the government's knowledge that the U.S. ambassador was acting so that the American justice system would open files against officials close to the president.