Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 12
MEXICO: Journalists Defy Violence, Self-Censorship
- Inter Press Service
In Mexico, the country in the Americas facing the worst wave of violence against reporters, different journalistic initiatives are combating this dynamic, which fuels a tendency towards self-censorship.
Drug-Related Violence Closing in on Mexican Capital
- Inter Press Service
The military offensive waged by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderón against drug cartels in northern Mexico has resulted in an appalling death toll and grief-stricken relatives mourning the victims, many of them civilians caught in the crossfire. Now the drug war is beginning to affect the capital, which had so far escaped the worst of the violence.
COLOMBIA: Displaced Campesinos Want a Say on Land Restitution Bill
- Inter Press Service
The Colombian government has been extolling a bill on Victims and Land Restitution which is being debated in Congress and is receiving extensive media coverage. But the demands of the victims themselves, forcibly displaced campesinos, are falling on deaf ears.
EGYPT: Corruption Ran in the Family
- Inter Press Service
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak ran Egypt as his own private estate, carving up its resources and siphoning off its capital into offshore accounts. But he didn’t do it alone: he had help from his family and a few trusted friends.
LATIN AMERICA: Boosting Accountability for Mining and Oil Industries
- Inter Press Service
Guatemala has been accepted as a candidate country by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which aims to strengthen governance by improving transparency and accountability in the sector, and to reduce tensions between mining and oil companies and local people affected by their activities.
Privatisation Aided Egypt Revolt, Army Says
- Inter Press Service
Anger at Egypt’s privatisation programme, involving the transfer of billions of dollars worth of public assets to private hands, aided the Egyptian revolution that elbowed the Western-backed Hosni Mubarak out of office in February, a top army general said.
Q&A: The Fight Against Organised Crime Has to Start with Society
- Inter Press Service
In countries where powerful organised crime groups operate, like Mexico, there is a kind of 'mafiosity' or culture of illegality deeply rooted in society, which must be fought by educating the young, says Italian priest Tonio Dell'Olio, one of the leaders of the anti-mafia organisation Libera.
COLOMBIA: Court Documents Reveal Chiquita Paid for Security
- Inter Press Service
Contrary to claims by Chiquita Brands International that its payments to Colombian paramilitary and guerrilla groups over more than a decade were extorted, internal company documents released here Thursday strongly suggest that the transactions provided specific benefits to the banana giant.
CORRUPTION-INDIA: Gandhian Movement Pushes Ombudsman Law
- Inter Press Service
Seeing the bespectacled old man fasting in protest against corruption in the bustling heart of the Indian capital, many are reminded of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who used ‘moral power’ to lead India to independence from British colonial rule in 1947
ECUADOR: US Ambassador Expelled Over Wikileaks Cable
- Inter Press Service
The Ecuadorean government declared U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges 'persona non grata' and expelled her from the country in response to a cable released by the Wikileaks whistleblower web site.
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