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El Pais Headlines Corruption

According to investigations by El Pais the principal corruption activity in Colombia involves state/governent public contracts.

http://www.elpais.com.co/HOY/NAL/corrup.html

On average businesses were required to pay a bribe of 12.9% to gain these contracts. It´s a long article and there´s much much more.

By Atrevido on Sep 6, 2009, 17:31 in Friendly Talkzone.

Gator says on Sep 6, 2009, 18:34:

Modeled after the stimulus plan in the USA, no doubt.

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miamimike says on Sep 6, 2009, 23:06:

Gator--this problem existed long long before the Stimulus plan in the US. I believe it goes back to the old time honored "Lack of Transparency in Government" in Colombia as well as endemic institutional corruption..Maybe our Stimulus plan is modeled after Colombia's contract dilemma. Or maybe it (stimulus plan) was drawn up by the Miami Cubans. ja ja

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Gator says on Sep 7, 2009, 08:54:

The Cuban MAFIA in Miami is a past master at this-it's not unique to Colombia

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