One week after I arrived in Perú, the President plotted for a coup d’état. He tried to close the parliament and take charge of the country. Instead, it backfired, and he ended up in jail. His corrupt cabinet turned against him and ousted him, leaving a country disorientated and violent. But then, such a situation is not new in Peru. In the last five years there were as many as six presidents. Quite a few of Peru’s presidents ended in prison: Fujimori and his daughter Keiko, Humala and his wife, Kuczynski (who once said that a little corruption is all right), Alan Garcia who opted to commit suicide instead of going to prison, and Alejandro Toledo and his wife who are still waiting to be extradited to Peru from the US.
Mention a country that is not immersed in such turmoil and greed. Five years ago, Daphne Caruana Galicia, a Maltese writer, journalist and anti-corruption blogger who reported on political events in Malta was driving close to her home when a bomb placed in her car exploded and killed her instantly, leaving her body parts scattered all around. Caruana Galizia used her blog to reveal corrupt and shady money laundering deals by members of the same parliament, their friends and acquaintances.
Less than a year ago, India’s financial-crime investigation agency arrested Partha Chatterjee, who was the education minister in West Bengal and was accused of appointing hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff for money and other bribes. Police recovered more than $2.5 million in cash from a close associate of Partha.
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