Latin America

ocpagu

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20. Great definition.

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:52 PM

Apr 2013

"Better still, under the aegis of international financial crime’s number one partner, the US, we are seeing a rationalisation, or rather, Americanisation, of corruption techniques, seeking to replace the somewhat archaic practices of palm-greasing and secret (or open) "commission" payments by lobbying, which is more effective and presentable. It is a service industry in which the Americans have a considerable lead over their competitors, not only in know-how, but also in the vast financial and logistical resources they are able to make available to their multinationals; these include the secret services of the world’s most powerful state apparatus, which, with the cold war over, have moved into economic warfare."

It's so easy to "end" corruption by turning it legal and mainstream... "come here and buy the senator you prefer, worry not about the press, lobby is "freedom of expression". LOL.

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NGO: Venezuela is the most corrupt country in Latin America [View all] Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 OP

Stopped reading here: ocpagu Apr 2013 #1

you can read it again where Paraguay is farther down the list Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #2

Transparency International won't convince me... ocpagu Apr 2013 #5

no, its Uruguay my friend, it won't say Paraguay is n/t Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #7

Transparency International refuses to comply with NGO law Tempest Apr 2013 #3

USAID and NGO transparency: When in doubt, hide the data Tempest Apr 2013 #4

Lol naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #6

Transparency international controversial reports on Venezuela ocpagu Apr 2013 #8

Thank you for the citations. Tempest Apr 2013 #9

And thank you for your links too. ocpagu Apr 2013 #10

Same thing happened in another forum Tempest Apr 2013 #11

TI is not a NGO reorg Apr 2013 #12

All we need to know about these parasites is that in 2005, Enron was their official sponsor Catherina Apr 2013 #13

Great definition. ocpagu Apr 2013 #20

"their funding sources are not obscure at all, though" Tempest Apr 2013 #14

I suspect they don't want to disclose their contacts reorg Apr 2013 #16

I'm all for discussing TI naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #17

easy reorg Apr 2013 #18

Once the ICIJ Venezuela documents come to light... joshcryer Apr 2013 #15

I thought corruption was chavismo Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #19

Nope. ocpagu Apr 2013 #21

what's chavismo then? Bacchus4.0 Apr 2013 #22

Social spending is not buying votes. joshcryer Apr 2013 #23