LatAm Officials Vow to Fight Corruption
 Xinhua
| | Back row (L-R) Cuba's Vice President Carlos Lage, Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorin, Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, front row L-R) Chile's President Michelle Bachelet and Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva, chat during the Uruguay's XVI Ibero American Summit family photo in Montevideo, November 4, 2006. Latin American leaders questioned U.S and European immigration policies on Saturday and called for help in fighting poverty at home to cut down on illegal immigrants. (Reuters/Andres Stapff |
The Latin American governments vowed on Friday in Guatemala City to fight corruption and promised to institutionalize transparency, Mexican media reported.
At an international anti-corruption meeting in Guatemala City, officials from Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Mexico said they supported civil society's role in the fight against the scourge.
Octavio Diaz of Mexico, who leads the Inter-sectoral Transparency and Corruption Fighting Commission, said that corruption must be fought by strengthening the three arms of the state.
Eusebio Gironda, advisor to the Bolivian state, said a priority of Bolivian President Evo Morales' is to fight corruption "implacably."
Argentine Justice Ministry prosecutor, Abel Fleitas, said he agreed with Gironda, and said it must be noted that corruption has a public and private part.
Hugo Maul of Guatemala said the government of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger was committed to fighting corruption because it impoverishes the country.
The conference, which began three days ago, has attracted more than 1,000 experts and officials. |
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News from Around the Americas | November 2006 
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