Corruption Perceptions Index: Colombia is very low

Man Tequila says on Mar 9, 2008, 21:44:

Well, Colombia ranked 68 out of 180 countries.

Not ideal, and no one would seriously say Colombia is without corruption.

But it is also significantly better than the median. Worth pointing out, your comment does not give this impression. In Latin America it is pretty good. Chile is better, of course (#20 or so). Costa Rica, Cuba and El Salvador a little better on this survey. Colombia beats most of the other countries in the region, meaning lots of places did worse.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

jonas says on Mar 10, 2008, 11:26:

Well, do you know how much it cost them to be ranked 68th ???

What I have, I do not want to lose, but Where I am I do not want to stay, but those I love, I do not want to leave, but those I know I no longer want to see, but Where I die, I do not want to go;I want to stay where I have never been

manINred says on Mar 10, 2008, 11:29:

I don't trust this survey too much... Canada has dealt with corruption... i know for a fact it still deals with it, and we're the least corrupt country according to the colour coded graph?

And good god, we all know Colombia is fairly corrupt. There have been positive measures to reduce corruption though, which is great.

cali373 says on Mar 12, 2008, 14:44:

Man Tequila , that is a Great optimistic view. There´s more alot more work to do to improve colombia´s rep.

I agree. It´s not THAT bad, i guess.

Now as far as positive measures to reduce corruption, well I thought tath as well but then this para-politica set Colombia back years!

Smile if you are a thinker!