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How the 'Art of the Deal' Hurt Latin America's Corruption Fight

By Michael J. Camilleri, Catharine Christie

U.S. President Donald Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy has weakened anti-corruption measures in the region.

One of the bolder claims in Donald Trump’s impeachment defense posits that the U.S. president withheld military aid to Ukraine out of genuine concern over corruption in the former Soviet republic, and not to extract an investigation into a political rival. The assertion might be more plausible were the White House not simultaneously ...

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