Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 23
LEBANON: 'Roumieh Prison Breeds Criminality Not Reform'
- Inter Press Service
Lebanon’s notorious Roumieh prison, the scene of a stand-off between inmates and security personnel this month, is no stranger to rioting, escapes, corruption and abuse.
POLITICS-COLOMBIA: Not Enough Just to Be a Woman
- Inter Press Service
Noemí Sanín, the presidential candidate of Colombia's Conservative Party, who is running second in the polls, has a few advantages over her main rival, the right-wing Juan Manuel Santos, such as extensive experience in foreign relations and in running programmes for poor families and children.
Q&A: Exposing the 'Clandestine Passengers of Globalisation'
- Inter Press Service
Between 30 and 40 percent of taxes that should be collected by developing countries end up in countries operating as tax havens. Overall, these 'clandestine passengers of globalisation' contribute to capital flight from developing countries to the tune of 1,000 billion dollars a year.
ARGENTINA: Football Violence Flares Up Ahead of World Cup
- Inter Press Service
'Your president is willing to confront the wildest hordes of opponents, but not a football fan, ever,' Argentine President Cristina Fernández once joked.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Cross-Border Cartels Dig in Their Heels
- Inter Press Service
Stepped-up efforts against drug trafficking in Colombia and Mexico are increasingly driving drug mafias into Central America, where drug-related corruption and violence are on the rise.
GUATEMALA: Ok for Ex-President's Extradition to US Just One Step
- Inter Press Service
Civil society groups in Guatemala say a court decision authorising former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the United States is just a first step in a lengthy process.
DEVELOPMENT: 'Aid Industry is Part of the Problem'
- Inter Press Service
Aid organisations perpetuate humanitarian disasters. That is one of the conclusions made by war correspondent Linda Polman in her latest book as she describes the world of humanitarian aid.
COLOMBIA: Vote-Buying and Front Men
- Inter Press Service
During Sunday's legislative elections in Colombia - in which rightwing President Álvaro Uribe's allies were the big winners - polling stations in one-third of the country's municipalities were at risk of violence, corruption or fraud, according to the ombudsman's office and election observers, who reported vote-buying and pressure on voters.
AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says
- Inter Press Service
Poverty is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and various forms of corruption threaten to undermine the impact of investments made to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the continent, said the World Bank in a report released Monday on Africa's development.
FINANCE: Self-Policing of Extractive Industries a 'Dismal' Failure
- Inter Press Service
An international initiative that seeks to reform how governments profit from their natural resources should not reduce its existing standards of membership solely because candidate countries have been reluctant or incapable of meeting them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
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