Tag: corruption

• Friday, March 15th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

  Paraguay: US Ambassador warns against “coercive sectional interests”

  

  US Ambassador to Asunción Marc Ostfield Thursday urged the Paraguayan Police, the Attorney General's Office, and the Judiciary to be strong against the “influence of coercive sectional interests.” During his speech before President Santiago Peña at the Police Academy graduation ceremony, he also reiterated his country's support in the fight against corruption, organized crime, and impunity.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

  Fight against corruption a priority for the US, Nephew tells Peña

  

  US Global Anti-Corruption Coordinator Richard Nephew told Paraguayan President Santiago Peña in Asunción on Monday that Washington would “continue to use a full range of tools to advance US priorities in anti-corruption activities, including strengthening capabilities in criminal justice and oversight of accountability institutions.”

• Thursday, February 8th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Brazil's STF launches corruption probe against Transparency International

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice António Dias Toffoli has launched a corruption probe against the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Transparency International after it sided with Deltan Dallagnol to create a foundation with the money from fines paid by companies that admitted to bribes to win contracts with the state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 13:35 UTC

  Arrest of former Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani ordered

  

  A court in the Salvadoran city of San Francisco Gotera has issued a warrant for the arrest of former president Alfredo Cristiani (1989-1994) and some former lawmakers for their alleged involvement in the 1981 El Mozote massacre in which around 1,000 peasants were killed during the civil war (1980-1992).

• Friday, August 11th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

  Ecuador: Six Colombians accused of killing presidential candidate; State of emergency and elections ratified

  

  Six people have been arrested in Ecuador late on Thursday in connection with the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio following a political rally a day earlier.

• Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Colombian president under fire after son's money laundering admission

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urrgo insisted Thursday that he intends to remain in office until 2026 because he was elected by the people for such a commitment. The head of state made these remarks after his son Nicolás Petro Burgos admitted that his father's 2022 campaign had been financed with contributions from a questionable origin.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Most of Brazil's STF justices vote to convict former President Collor

  

  A majority of Supreme Federal Court (STF) justices voted Thursday for the conviction of former senator and former president Fernando Collor for passive corruption and money laundering in a case of Operation Lava Jato, Agencia Brasil reported. So far, the score is 6 to 1 for conviction. After voting Thursday, the session was adjourned and will resume on May 24.

• Friday, May 5th 2023 - 14:38 UTC

  Uruguay: President Lacalle Pou demands resignation of Housing Minister Moreira over “direct award” scandal

  

  Uruguay is experiencing a crisis in the government cabinet formed by a coalition of conservative parties. President Luis Lacalle Pou requested the resignation of Housing Minister Irene Moreira after a controversial direct awarding of a house to a militant of her party, Cabildo Abierto, without a lottery, as reported by Montevideo media on Friday.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Extradition of Paraguayan corrupt leaders after the elections?

  

  The extradition of former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and other politicians in the South American country who have been declared as “significantly corrupt” may come after the April 30 elections, according to an article carried in the latest issue of Americas Quarterly magazine.

• Friday, March 24th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  US adds 3 Paraguayans to list of significantly corrupt officials

  

  The US State Department has added three Paraguayan nationals to its list of “significantly corrupt” officials just one day after signing a new arrangement with the South American country whereby military engineers would assist in future waterway developments.