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U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

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Blog post | 2023

Corruption is unaffordable for Latin America’s resurgent left: Democracy and lives are at stake

Aled Williams, Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado (2023)
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https://www.u4.no/blog/corruption-is-unaffordable-for-latin-americas-resurgent-left

Of the 19 national governments in Latin America, 12 now represent the political left. If these leaders and parties want to enhance their legitimacy, they must integrate transparency, accountability, and integrity into their agendas.

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https://www.u4.no/blog/corruption-is-unaffordable-for-latin-americas-resurgent-left

David Aled Williams

Principal Adviser (U4) and Senior Researcher (CMI)
  • aled.williams@cmi.no
  • +47 90778807

Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado

Senior Programme Adviser (U4)
  • daniela.cepeda@cmi.no

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

Feb 2002 - Dec 2026
  • Corruption
  • Democracy and Governance
  • Latin America
  • South America
  • Central America
  • Colombia
  • Honduras
  • Venezuela
  • Peru
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Political parties
  • Accountability
  • Transparency

Also from this project:

Newspaper Op-Ed | Sep 2025

Uro i verdens tredje største demokrati

David Aled Williams; Robert Forster

U4 Issue | Aug 2025

Integrity and geopolitics: Addressing the China factor in natural resource governance

Bertram Lang, Hang Zhou

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U4 Practice Insight | Jul 2025

The role of civil society in anti-corruption legislative advocacy: Cases from Colombia's National Development Plan and Healthcare Reform

Sandra Ximena Martínez Rosas, Diana Lucia Romero Manchola, Daniela Pinzón García

CMI Report | Mar 2025

La Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, Convivencia y la No-repetición, y Violencia Sexual Relacionada con los Conflictos

Adriana Rudling

U4 Issue | 2024

Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice

Robert Forster

CMI Report | 2024

The Colombian Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Adriana Rudling

CMI Brief | Aug 2025

The cost of doing politics in Uganda: Perspectives on violence against political candidates

Matthew Gichohi, Gerald Kagambirwe Karyeija, Stella Kyohairwe, Vibeke Wang, Pär Zetterberg

U4 Issue | Aug 2025

L'ignorance stratégique dans les organisations multilatérales : occulter la responsabilité, favoriser la corruption

Guillaume Nicaise, Mahaut Fanchini

U4 Issue | Aug 2025

Strategic ignorance in multilateral organisations: obscuring accountability, enabling corruption

Guillaume Nicaise, Mahaut Fanchini

Blog post | Aug 2025

What the Financial Secrecy Index tells us about corruption today

Miroslav Palanský, Moran Harari

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