Oligarchy—An anti-corruption void from Guatemala to Ukraine to the Philippines; London’s Evian bathwater
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BAD TIMES IN CENTRAL AMERICA...
Anti-corruption activists, when asked to point to a successful campaign against kleptocracy, once invariably singled out Guatemala, and its International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG).
The U.N.-supported project tried to cut through the corrupt networks that dominated the country, and helped to support the prosecutors and state authorities. It grew out of peace-building efforts at the end of the country’s 36-year civil war, and brought hundreds of cases against officials, businessmen and organized criminals.