Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 36
GUATEMALA: A Candle in the Darkness of Impunity
- Inter Press Service
'The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is our only hope for achieving justice, because it is not contaminated or compromised,' Eduardo Rodas Marzano, the brother of murdered lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, told IPS.
PERU: Sins of Her Father Visit Fujimori's Daughter
- Inter Press Service
Keiko Sofía Fujimori, who is planning to run for president of Peru in 2011, is having difficulty proving that her father, who governed this country from 1990 to 2000, did not make illicit use of public funds to pay for her studies and those of her brothers and sister at universities in the United States.
CORRUPTION-PERU: Ex-Ministers' Testimony Could Sink Fujimori
- Inter Press Service
The Peruvian justice system has the confessions of three convicted former ministers in the government of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), to support corruption charges against him, prosecutor Avelino Guillén told IPS.
LEBANON: Legal Flaws Could Twist Election Result
- Inter Press Service
When Lebanon heads to the polls Jun. 7 to decide whether the Hizbullah-led opposition alliance will unseat the ruling Western-backed coalition, voter anonymity could be compromised by shortcomings in the 2008 parliamentary election law.
YEMEN: Qat Cultivation Draining Water Reserves
- Inter Press Service
The tall green shrubs on Yehia Abdullah's farm in the Haraz mountains produce the bitter-tasting leaves that feed the nation's number one addiction. More than seven million Yemenis chew qat, the mildly narcotic leaf of the Catha edulis tree. Expanding cultivation of qat to meet growing national demand is rapidly depleting Yemen's limited groundwater resources, experts warn.
THAILAND: New Probe into ‘Drug War’ Killings Takes a Stab at Impunity
- Inter Press Service
A special investigative arm of Thailand’s criminal justice system is set to mount a fresh probe into a massacre of civilians during a brutal ‘war on drugs’ launched six years ago, when the authoritarian Thaksin Shinawatra was the country’s prime minister.
HUMAN RIGHTS: More Calls to Ban Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds
- Inter Press Service
Amid allegations of human rights abuses and government corruption, international calls are growing to ban or restrict the trade in diamonds from politically unstable Zimbabwe.
BRAZIL: Mixed Reviews for ‘Community Policing’ in Slums
- Inter Press Service
The police, who used to shoot first and ask questions later in Santa Marta, a Rio de Janeiro shantytown, are now getting on well with the local community the result of a state government plan that nevertheless has drawn criticism.
DEVELOPMENT: Lifting the 'Resource Curse'
- Inter Press Service
Four new countries have joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global effort to set concrete standards for the transparent management of revenues from the oil, gas and mining sectors.
EAST TIMOR: Journalists Hold Out For Better Media Laws
- Inter Press Service
Journalists in East Timor are anxiously waiting for a set of media laws to be revised after a negative reaction to a draft that was circulated in March.
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