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OAS approves anti-corruption mission to work in Honduras
WASHINGTON (AP) — The in neighboring Guatemala. ignation of that country’s Honduras’ ambassador to become an essential part
Organization of American Honduran President Juan president in connection the OAS, said candidates of the democratic system,”
States announced an anti- Orlando Hernandez has with a fraud scheme. were still being reviewed for Almagro said.
corruption mission Monday been under pressure from The Guatemala commis- the spot. Hernandez has acknowl-
to advise and supervise a protest movement that sion has the power to start The commission will include edged that his election
prosecutors in the Central began in May amid anger investigations. It is unclear if an international team of campaign received financ-
American nation of Hondu- over a public health scan- Honduras’ will. judges and prosecutors. ing from businesspeople
ras. dal. OAS Secretary General Luis “We hope that the justice linked to a social secu-
Activists in Honduras have Hernandez said Monday Almagro said a well-known system will be an effective rity embezzlement scandal
been demanding an inter- that the OAS mission will be jurist would be named to tool in the fight against im- that investigators allege
national commission to root “more integrated” than the head the commission, but punity, that it will manage involved millions of dollars
out government corrup- U.N. agency in Guatemala, did not announce who. to gain the respect of the misspent on marked-up
tion, similar to a U.N. body whose work led to the res- Leonidas Rosa Bautista, people of Honduras and goods and services.q
Argentine voters focused on economy, not corruption
A. CALATRAVA Argentina’s Cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez, left, and President Cristina Fernandez attend a the culture,” said Sergio Ro-
Associated Press jas, a 26-year-old who said
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ceremony at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A politically charged climate, he has not yet decided
(AP) — The corruption alle- who he will vote for. Rojas
gations against several top combined with a slow-moving and many argue inept justice system, makes it hard for average added that Argentines of-
government officials are ten reconcile the problem
stunning: The convicted kill- people to discern what’s true, and easy for politicians accused of a crime to claim opponents by saying to themselves,
er of three men alleges that “they are all thieves, so we
the Cabinet chief ordered are out to get them. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) have to vote for whoever
the hit, the vice president is robs the least.”
being tried for bribery and loses sleep over corrup- Argentines shrug when it to get them. A recent poll by the Center
authorities are investigat- tion,” said Patricio Giusto, comes to political wrong- The South American na- for Study of Public Opinion,
ing a possible money laun- an analyst with consulting doing. tion of 41 million ranks 107 a Buenos Aires-based think
dering scheme at a luxury firm Political Diagnostics. A politically charged cli- out of 174 on Transparency tank, found that voters’ top
hotel owned by President For voters in Argentina, mate, combined with a International’s corruption issue was crime, closely fol-
Cristina Fernandez. which has suffered period- slow-moving and many perception index, scor- lowed by inflation and the
In many nations, such al- ic financial crises and has argue inept justice system, ing worse than other Latin economy. Corruption was
leged malfeasance would the dubious distinction of makes it hard for average American countries tradi- a distant fourth.
sink a party’s chances in the largest default in world people to discern what’s tionally known for shady When asked about the
presidential elections. Not history, the top issues are true, and easy for politi- dealings, such as Mexico, administration’s scandals
so in Argentina, where the crime and the economy. cians accused of a crime Bolivia and Brazil. during a recent interview
poll leader ahead of the But there are other reasons to claim opponents are out “Corruption is inherent in with The Associated Press,
Oct. 25 vote, Daniel Scioli, Scioli said the accusations
is a stalwart of Fernandez’s were an indication that the
Justicialist Party and has opposition lacked good
largely run on its 12-year re- ideas.
cord. Opposition candidates
The only opposition can- “are planting seeds of pes-
didate campaigning on a simism and discontent in Ar-
platform of cracking down gentines, who don’t want
on bad-acting politicians, to go back but rather want
Sergio Massa, came in a to move forward,” said
distant third in August’s Scioli, the governor of the
open primaries. Buenos Aires province and
“In this country, nobody a former vice president.q
Venezuela, Guyana to restore ambassadors amid border dispute
RICARDO ZUNIGA time in New York in talks maritime claims recently conducting exercises in the a “willingness to continue
mediated by U.N. Secre- after a subsidiary of Exxon country’s east and Guy- to engage in dialogue,”
Associated Press tary-General Ban Ki-moon Mobil Corp. announced it ana said its troop move- and would receive their re-
during the world body’s made a significant oil dis- ments were not aimed at spective ambassadors for
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — general assembly. covery off Guyana’s coast. inflaming the situation. a return to full diplomatic
The current border be- The countries have been “For now the ambassadors representation.
After a tense meeting, the tween the South American without ambassadors since are returning,” Maduro told Granger, in a video posted
countries was determined earlier this year and ten- reporters after the meeting on the YouTube channel of
presidents of Venezuela by international arbitration sions increased over the at U.N. headquarters. “I’m Guyana’s presidency, said
in 1899, but Venezuela has past week. going to start to commu- Venezuela was the first to
and Guyana agreed early disputed that line for more Guyana held military exer- nicate, to call President recall its ambassador and
than a half century and cises around the country Granger, until we have a then didn’t accept Guy-
this week to restore am- claims about 40 percent on Saturday, after it ac- close relationship and dia- ana’s nominee as ambas-
of Guyana’s territory that cused Venezuela of de- logue accompanied by sador to Caracas.
bassadors and hold talks is rich in gold, bauxite, dia- ploying troops to its border. our Caribbean brothers.” “All of the provoca-
monds and other natural Venezuelan officials have A U.N. statement said the tions come from the
to resolve a long-running resources. It extended its said only that troops were two presidents expressed Venezuelans.q
border dispute that flared
up recently following the
discovery of oil in disputed
waters.
Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro and Guy-
anese President David
Granger met for the first
