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Join Our Struggle Against Corruption

By Thelma Aldana

Efforts to promote transparency and accountability could help solidify recent gains in the fight against corruption.

In the new issue of Americas Quarterly, we asked people, “What would you tell the next U.S. president about Latin America?” To see other authors’ responses, click here.

Dear Mister / Madam President,

Latin America has been plagued by systemic corruption throughout its history and my country, Guatemala, is no exception. Yet in 2015, judicial authorities here managed to collect hard evidence of corruption on the part of the then-...

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