Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 29
POLITICS: U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned.
RIGHTS-MEXICO: Military Abuses Brought to Inter-American Commission
- Inter Press Service
A case of rights abuses allegedly committed by the Mexican armed forces is coming up for a hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), where it joins a long list of accusations against the army in this Latin American country.
GUATEMALA: Controversy Dogs New Highway
- Inter Press Service
Construction is expected to begin soon on a new highway across north-central Guatemala, the largest infrastructure project tackled so far by the government of Álvaro Colom.
ZIMBABWE: Watchdog Groups Urge Ban on Diamond Exports
- Inter Press Service
The past week brought new scrutiny of Zimbabwe's human rights record with the deportation of a senior U.N. official sent to investigate torture there, and demands by a coalition of civil society groups that the international community address human rights violations stemming from Zimbabwe's lucrative diamond industry.
PHILIPPINES: ‘Running After President Arroyo Is Only Just’
- Inter Press Service
Philippine political affairs are rarely straightforward. The former Spanish and U.S. colony, which also endured occupation under Japan during the Second World War, has experienced major upheavals since independence was finally achieved—and recognised, this time—in 1946.
BRAZIL: Drugs, Guns, Gangs and Police — a Violent Mix in the 'Favelas'
- Inter Press Service
Janaína*, who lives in Jacarezinho, one of the most violent 'favelas' or shantytowns in this Brazilian city, describes the control that the 'movement' — the local drug mafia — exercises over the neighbourhood and local residents.
GUATEMALA: Despite Flaws, Judge Selection Process Improved, Say NGOs
- Inter Press Service
A new process aimed at making the selection of judges more transparent in Guatemala failed to block the appointment of several candidates who were questioned by civil society and a U.N.-sponsored commission set up to strengthen and purge the country's justice system.
MEXICO: Int'l Tribunal 'Scandalised' by Denials of Workers' Rights
- Inter Press Service
On the day his trade union section held elections for officials, 'our offices were occupied, damaged and ransacked' by thugs from the executive committee of the National Teachers Union (SNTE), said Mexican teacher Gerardo Cruz, a leader in the CNTE, a dissident caucus seeking reform within the union.
PHILIPPINES: Amid Disasters’ Rubble, Accusations Hound President
- Inter Press Service
Even in the wake of the tropical storms that lashed the northern parts of the Philippines recently, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took time out to visit her home province.
ECONOMY-AFRICA: Pros and Cons to Huge Chinese Investment in DRC
- Inter Press Service
Concerns abound about a nine billion dollar Chinese investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially around environmental consequences and transparency. And, on the Chinese side, investors complain not only about the lack of security in the DRC but about their own government not providing enough support.
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