Tag Archives | El Salvador

Salvadoran Parliament wastes public funds

By on 18 February 2013 in ALAC, Americas, Politics and government

This post was authored by Alejandra Guzmán Galván, Communications counselor of the ALAC-El Salvador and Xenia Hernández Castro, Lawyer of the ALAC-El Salvador. Para leer la versión en español haga click aquí.    On 10 January 2013 citizens contacted our Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC) in El Salvador to report an inappropriate expenditure of public funds, [...]

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Despilfarro en Congreso salvadoreño

By on 18 February 2013 in ALAC, Americas, Politics and government

Las autoras de este post son Alejandra Guzmán Galván, Asesora de comunicaciones del ALAC-El Salvador, y Xenia Hernández Castro, abogada del ALAC-El Salvador. To view the English version click here.    El 10 de enero de 2013, el Centro de Asistencia Legal Anticorrupción (ALAC) El Salvador comenzó a recibir denuncias ciudadanas sobre gastos realizados por la Asamblea [...]

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América: Crecimiento económico, estancamiento democrático ¿Tiene la corrupción algo que ver con esto?

By on 5 December 2012 in Access to information, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Defence and Security, Politics and government

Read this post in English here Para América, 2012 fue un año positivo en muchos aspectos. Importantes indicadores económicos y sociales muestran que ha habido mejoras y existe una sensación de optimismo en general en gran parte de la región, especialmente en América Latina. Mientras que la reciente campaña presidencial de Estados Unidos se centró [...]

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The Americas: Economies grow, democracies shrink. What does corruption have to do with it?

By on 5 December 2012 in Access to information, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Defence and Security, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Lea el texto en Español aquí For the Americas, 2012 was largely a positive year in many ways. As important economic and social indicators show an improvement, there is a sense of optimism throughout the region, especially in Latin America. While the United States’ presidential campaign, which polarised ideas and citizens earlier this year, focused [...]

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Summit of the Americas: a chance for dialogue?

By on 17 April 2009 in Americas, Anti-corruption Conventions, Asset recovery, Events

The Fifth Summit of the Americas just started in Trinidad and Tobago with 34 leaders of the region attending. While most people’s attention is on US President Obama meeting the leaders of the region, there is actually the need to forward the agenda and make the conference theme Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human [...]

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