Police forces in Peru 09 1123 88 S 75 0054 55 W

Peru is another country with trades of corruption in it. One of the main sectors that is corrupt the most is the police forces again. By this point it is well known that the police forces in Latin America are one of the most corrupt sectors in their countries. The national police force in Peru is known for not having enough people, very corrupt and lacking of proper training and professionalism. Peruvians consider their police the third most corrupt sector in the country. Only two are before it- judicial and political system. There are reports for police officers involved in delinquency, kidnapping and of course drug trafficking. Even though there is an Office of complaints, it is not used very often, because of the lack of confidence in the citizens that it would change something. When people asked about their police how corrupt it is, they answer "corrupt" or "very corrupt".

Guatemala, small but big enough for corruption 15 4700 50 N 90 1350 73 W

Guatemala, for many small country, but do they really know what is going on inside of it? Corruption in Guatemala is a common thing and most officials are accepting it like something absolutely normal. It is reported that companies that have done damages to people, meaning unpaid salaries, unpaid taxes or any other things like that are black listed in first. After a serious bribe they are forgotten and let to change their name so they can operate just like normal and do the same procedures, just with different name. Who pays for all that- the people. Observers argue that not only small bribes occur in Guatemala such as bribe for a public service. There are forms of grand corruption such as corruption in public contracts. Small country, but more than enough corruption.

Corruption in Brazil 14 1406 01 S 51 5531 00 W

Brazil is the biggest country in Latin America. The corruption there is also in its pics. People try to survive somehow and one of the ways is to open small business or so. Sounds easy? Well in order your business to exist you need permits and licenses. The strategy is exactly the same, just in any other Latin American country- bribes. Companies can give a bribe so the process can go faster or just go the normal way and get their licenses and permits who knows when."The police operation, named 'Operation Razor', has led to the arrest of 50 politicians, lobbyists and businessmen who were involved in the scandal in which Gautama bribed legislators to gain infrastructure contracts in their regions or municipalities."Companies can expect to go through 18 steps and this can take roughly 160 days, so they need to bribe officials so the process goes faster.

Corrupt land administration Bolivia 16 1724 56 S 63 3519 15 W

Another contestant in our corrupt countries' list is Bolivia. We are going to take a look in the land administration. It is stated that prices of lands and taxes can be reduced by paying bribes to public officials. According to the US department of state, "neither Bolivian nor foreign companies can rely on the judicial system to effectively enforce land rights."If a person does not agree with the ways of the judicial officials, he or she can't really complain to the police or any other sector, because they are just as corrupt and the outcome will be even worse for him or her. This whole environment is more than welcome for a foreign "investors". They can go easily in the country, they have enough money and the whole system is corrupt and they get their ways. Of all that the average person is the most hurt one.

Corrupt police Buenos Aires 34 3642 41 S 58 2502 31 W

Argentina is the next in the list about corruption. Located in South Latin America, the police forces are know for one of the most corrupt sector. When people drive in Argentina and of course get caught with driving above the speed limit, they get pulled over- just like in any country. Of course the police officer will go and talk to the driver, and in most cases the driver would offer bribe to the officer and he would take the money and not give the driver a ticket- not like in any country. Also from a report we know that Buenos Aires police have been involved in several incidents in drug trafficking, corruption and extortion. One of the reasons the police being so corrupt is the people. The lack of complains is just welcome for the officers so they can keep doing what they do.

Business corruption Nicaragua 12 5155 50 N 85 1226 02 W

Nicaragua is between Honduras which is north of it and south of it is San Jose. Another Latin country with cases of corruption. Large corrupt judicial system is widely believed that is serving to the country politicians for their own good. In report in Nicaragua 32% of the companies state that they bribe people in order they to "get things done". It is believed that corruption has large negative impact and people survey states that people give an average grade of 3.9 out of 5 that corruption runs businesses and 1 is least corrupt and 5 is extremely corrupt. It also states that companies should be prepared to deal with corruption when " interacting with registry and permit services", for example when applying for construction and operating services, opening a phone lines for new companies as well. Also applying for public utilities such as water and electricity.

Fort Benning School of the Americas 32 2132 91 N 84 5821 49 W

The school of the Americas is located in Fort Benning, GA. The purpose of the school is to train militaristic strategies to it's students/ solders. Spanish speaking Latin American trainees are brought here to be more familiarized with United States militaristic strategies. The students are there in order to help their countries national defenses and infrastructures. Controversies in the early 1990's have brought about accusations of graduated students committing human rights violations in their countries. One case in El Salvador, "48 out of 69 Salvadoran military members cited in the U.N. Truth Commission's report on El Salvador for involvement in human rights violations (including 19 of 27 military members implicated in the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests)." After all The School is located in US and what are we supposed to think? We thought them all those techniques and now they are over people for their own good.

San Diego Border Patrol 32 4122 50 N 117 0403 48 W

San Diego is one of the border cities who has border patrol. Border patrol usually takes care of the illegal immigrants and tries to stop them entering the United States. Their job is to watch for the immigrants and how i said to prevent them getting in the states. This is not the case of two brothers who worked as a border patrol. They were convicted of helping smuggling illegal immigrants in the country. Also they were convicted of taking bribes from them. As we can see people from USA help to smuggle people for their own good. Corruption is everywhere, even in the ones we trust the most- our law enforcements. Corruption can be coming in or going out, and Latin America and the Carribien is the one area that corruption is not hidden and its obvious that not the right stuff is happening on the USA/ Mexico border.

Tijuana Maquiladora coruption 32 3205 34 N 117 0237 71 W

Maquiladora's factories are well known in Mexico. Workers move from their homes and their home cities to go and work in the factories. They do so, because Maquiladora factories give out better pay, which is very low to the American, but higher than the Mexican. We have learned that sometimes workers in Mexico get $11 an hour, so they work for the factories, which is still unfair for the workers, because of the conditions. It is corrupt how factories are build in Mexico, they are using the cheap labor and when everything is done their way, they dump their trash and leave the place with unpaid to the workers labor. After all this is done, the factories are moved to China where the labor is even cheaper and eventually the same situation will repeat it self. The movement of the factories is not fair and corrupt for the workers.

Mexico Coruption Police Sampling- 19 2438 02 N 99 0750 12 W

It is well know in Mexico that the most corrupt city is Mexico city. High figures, lawyers, and especially police forces. People are worried because instead being more secure around the law forces they are more scared and they don't know where the situation will lead to. It is also well known American citizens have gotten out of trouble with offering a money to a police forces instead of a ticket. Another big issue in Mexico city is the drugs and the drug cartels. There is a good amount of police officers involved in it as well. They get money from the cartels so they can close their eyes for certain things and helping them to not get captured with the drugs. All of that is because of low standard of living and everyone is trying to survive and the best way for them is corruption.