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Ecuador upholds graft sentence for former president Rafael Correa

08-09-2020 09:16 Ecuadorean court confirms former president's eight-year prison term for corruption, blocking his vice-presidency run in next year's elections and landing him a lifetime disqualification from future ballots.

CORRUPTION SCANDAL

Mexico: Odebrecht allegedly paid for slick 2012 campaign

12-08-2020 13:41 Mexicans were inundated by a slick, expensive ad campaign on behalf of Enrique Peña Nieto for the 2012 election. Prosecutors now say it was funded by Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction giant linked to widespread corruption in Latin America.

Democracy on Trial

Ecuador puts ex-president on trial for campaign finance fraud

10-02-2020 12:30 Former president Rafael Correa, who is currently living in Belgium, maintains that the lawsuit is an attempt to bar him from running for a legislative position in next year's elections.

Odebrecht Corruption

Peru court orders Keiko Fujimori to return to prison

30-01-2020 11:21 Citing new evidence and concern that opposition leader is a 'flight risk,' a judge ordered that she be preventatively detained for period of 15 months.

Political turmoil

Peru President Vizcarra dissolves Congress, calls fresh elections

01-10-2019 09:18 Peru lurches into new period of political uncertainty after Martín Vizcarra dissolves opposition-controlled congress and calls new elections in anti-corruption row.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court quashes Sarmiento rail underpass graft trial over lack of evidence

23-08-2019 15:00 Ex-Kirchnerite officials De Vido and Jaime off hook for now as Odebrecht graft probe stalls. Number of businessmen, such as Ángelo Calcaterra, also acquitted. Second ruling, however, opens door for new investigation into Correo Argentino debts.

CORRUPTION IN PERU

Peru president urges elections to end 'institutional crisis'

29-07-2019 15:30 Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra, facing massive resistance from the country's legislature over anti-corruption reforms, said that "Peru is screaming out for a new beginning."

Corruption in Latin America

New Odebrecht leaks reveal US$15.7m of bribes tied to Argentina

26-06-2019 11:27 Fresh leaks reveal scope of Brazilian construction company's ties to Argentina.

by Emilia Delfino

News of odebrecht

Ecuador upholds graft sentence for former president Rafael Correa

Mexico: Odebrecht allegedly paid for slick 2012 campaign

Ecuador puts ex-president on trial for campaign finance fraud

Peru court orders Keiko Fujimori to return to prison

Peru President Vizcarra dissolves Congress, calls fresh elections

Court quashes Sarmiento rail underpass graft trial over lack of evidence

Peru president urges elections to end 'institutional crisis'

New Odebrecht leaks reveal US$15.7m of bribes tied to Argentina

'People do not seem to comprehend': Uruguay ICU staff decry pandemic laxity

Vizzotti warns Argentina is in 'worst moment' of coronavirus pandemic to date

PAHO warns of fake Covid-19 vaccines in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

Pharmaceutical firm produces first batch of Sputnik V vaccine in Argentina

Argentina surpasses 60,000 deaths from Covid-19

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Quién es Nicolás Kuroña, el joven que compró el dominio de Google.com.ar

Longobardi aclaró sus dichos sobre "formatear la Argentina de un modo más autoritario"

Jorge Asís: "A Alberto Fernández se le diluye la autoridad y Larreta se ve como sucesor"

Frederic le pidió al gobierno de Larreta más controles ante los "reiterados incumplimientos"