{"id":2614,"date":"2019-03-07T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venfort.com\/?p=888"},"modified":"2019-03-07T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T12:00:01","slug":"corruption-latin-america-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venfort.com\/en\/corrupcion-latinoamerica-delitos\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption, a scourge that casts a shadow over Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for personal gain, according to the non-governmental organization Transparency International, which measures the perception of corruption in the public sector in certain countries. It can be categorized as a harmful, diverse and global socio-economic phenomenon that undermines the foundations of a society and can include a wide range of activities and networks that operate within institutions of great relevance to the functioning of a nation.
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Among the wide range of actions that can be identified as corrupt are the following<\/strong> CORRUPTION -BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, PROPER AND IMPROPER, QUALIFIED, INDUCTION-, PECULATION, MALVERSATION, TENDER AVOIDANCE, BUDGET OVERRUN, CONCUSSION, USE OF RESERVED INFORMATION, ABUSE OF AUTHORITY, ILLEGAL EXACTIONS, CONTRACT WITH CONTRACTORS, INFLUENCE TRAFFICKING, PROFIT IN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS, ILLICIT ENRICHMENT, ASSUMPTION OF VALUE, TRANSNATIONAL BULLYING, OMISSION OF PRONOUNCEMENT, DOLOUS DELAY OF JURISDICTIONAL PROCESS, among other criminal offenses.
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The beginning of corruption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Corruption is not an evil exclusive to a particular nation or region.<\/strong>. It can begin with small acts by citizens such as paying bribes to police officers to avoid fines, or using agents to facilitate the obtaining of official documentation necessary for various civil procedures. On a large scale it manifests itself in \"grand corruption\", categorized as the diversion of funds belonging to a State for the illegal and personal use of an individual or a group of individuals. It is highly costly in terms of money and damage inflicted. to human rights<\/a>. It is in this type of corruption, above all, that Latin America has much to tell and transcend, according to statistics and expert analysis.
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Latin American lands are highly rich in terms of natural resources and raw material extraction.<\/strong> for countless products of use to humanity. However, the practices to manage this patrimony have not been adjusted to the legal requirements to avoid the scourge of corruption. It seems that the laws applied have not been effective enough to prevent this crime that ends up impacting all the inhabitants of a country, since the diversion of funds deprives them of improvements in their quality of life that governments should guarantee in areas such as health, education, housing, transportation, among others.
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Although the actual cost of this crime is difficult to quantify<\/strong>Global Financial Integrity calculated that Latin America lost the equivalent of 3% of its Gross Domestic Product to corruption between 2003 and 2012. This problem was among the four circumstances that most affected the population of 18 countries in the region, according to the Latinobar\u00f3metro survey conducted in 2017
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The most recent statistics are no more encouraging<\/strong>. The panorama seems to indicate that despite some efforts, the region is not making progress in the battle against corruption. The Corruption Perception Index in the region has remained at 44 out of 100 for three consecutive years. This study is conducted by the non-governmental organization Transparency International, and measures on a scale of 0 to 100 (100 representing the absence of corruption) the perception of corruption in the public sector in a given country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figures obtained in Latin America are very similar to those recorded in Asia Pacific.<\/strong>. Canada is the country with the highest score in the index, followed by the United States of America and Uruguay. For its part, Venezuela registered one of the lowest scores in the region by obtaining 18 points, while Haiti reached 20 points and Nicaragua 25. This figure, according to the organization \"reflects the systematic and persistent corruption in Venezuela\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Transparency International, the reasons for these low indexes are related to the rise of populist leaderships that have to take the following measures:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n