Post by momena on Mar 12, 2024 22:31:29 GMT -5
One of the most striking promises of the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is to eradicate corruption in Mexico. It is no small challenge. The problem of corruption in the country is serious and the measures to combat it so far have been nothing short of ineffective.
During the six-year term of France Mobile Number List President Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico dropped a total of 33 places in the Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International each year.
The above means that in addition to taking effective measures to eliminate bribery, diversion of public funds and other criminal acts related to the interior of the government, Obrador faces the challenge, no less complex, of transforming the perception of citizens. Will he get it?
In this text we take back information from El Pais and Huffington Post, about the Index in question. Check out!
The world continues to fail the subject of fighting corruption. The 'Corruption Perception Index 2018', prepared every year by Transparency International and now made public, reveals the inability of most countries to control a problem that continues to be addressed too slowly and that, according to this organization, is contributing to the crisis of democracy. Since 2012, only 22 of the 180 countries studied have recorded significant improvements. Spain remains in 41st place, with 58 points.
The index gives a score from 0 (extremely corrupt) to 100 (very transparent), based on the perception that experts and executives have about the degree of corruption in the public sector in relation to bribery, diversion of public funds, legal protection of complainants, access of civil society to information on public affairs or administrative obstacles, among others. For this, 13 data sources from 12 independent institutions are used.
The report confirms that two thirds of the countries analyzed do not reach 50 points and that the global average is 43 points. This time we find Denmark at the top (88), which surpasses New Zealand (87) as a country where there is a lower perception of corruption, and slightly ahead of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland (85), Norway (84), Holland (82) and Canada (81).
At the bottom of the world: Somalia (10), Syria and South Sudan (13), Yemen and North Korea (14), but relatively close to Nicolás Maduro's Venezuela, which with 18 points ranks 144th in the world. In the opinion of Patricia Moreira, executive director of Transparency International, the conclusion is clear: “corruption undermines democracy and generates a vicious circle that causes the deterioration of democratic institutions that progressively lose their ability to control corruption.”
Mexico worsens in corruption: Transparency International
The international study to measure corruption in the world provided the most recent data up to 2018. The results do not favor Mexico's indicators, our country fell three more places in the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (IPC2018) .
Mexico, with the 15th largest economy in the world, went from 131 to 138 in the CPI; the perception it maintains does not give it good prospects for improving its indicators.
The Transparency International study identifies serious problems for the Mexican case, among which stand out: governability and lower levels of income and human development. The indicators put Mexico in last place among the OECD member countries, even below countries like Greece or Hungary, which in recent years have gone through crises of governance and economic viability.
Mexico's efforts to combat corruption have been ineffective and have failed to recover stolen assets or repair damages to victims.
"The preventive measures taken until now lose effectiveness when those who participate in corruption networks know well that they will not be sentenced and that they will be able to maintain the resources diverted from the public treasury," said Eduardo Bohórquez, director of the Mexico office of Transparency International.
The anti-corruption legal framework approved by Mexico in 2015 remains not fully implemented. Three years after the creation of the new National Anti-Corruption System, it is not fully integrated and is not functional as a system. The heads of the special anti-corruption, electoral crimes and human rights prosecutors' offices have yet to be named; key figures in the control of corruption and its effects.
The document points out the lack of the Mexican system to strengthen a comprehensive anti-corruption policy that does not integrate all levels of government. The ordinances to combat corruption are insufficient for what Mexican society demands, after decades of authorities linked to illicit processes and diversion of resources.
Among the countries of the Americas, the results are not very encouraging, compared to Chile, which is 111 places ahead. Argentina, which has gone through politically turbulent times, surpasses it with 53 places.
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Cinépolis Route 2018… sharing cinema responsibly
Cinema is an experience that we all enjoy from the moment we are choosing a movie, however there are people who do not have the opportunity to enjoy this type of entertainment.
Fortunately, in Mexico there is a chain of cinemas that, thanks to its foundation, has programs that have strengthened social cohesion, also promoting education and values. Did you already guess? Yes, it's Cinépolis!
For some years now, the Cinépolis France Mobile Number List Foundation has been bringing to every corner of the Mexican Republic, proof that cinema can be enjoyed by entire families without having to leave their communities, thanks to Ruta Cinépolis, a program that takes cinema to any corner and under the stars.
Cinépolis Route 2018. Results of cinema under the stars…
Let us remember that Ruta Cinépolis is part of the guiding axis called “Entertainment with meaning” , and has managed to reach thousands of cities, semi-rural communities, rural communities, forests, deserts, mountains, valleys and coasts.
Since 2004, Ruta Cinépolis has carried out 1,138 performances in the 32 states of the Mexican Republic. In addition, more than 640,000 people have enjoyed movies under the stars.
On the other hand, in 2018 this program managed to carry out 200 film screenings, visiting 19 states of the Republic, which gave a total of more than 82,000 people enjoying the seventh art.
This 2019 has already begun to bring joy to more people, what has Ruta Cinépolis done so far this year?
Cinépolis Route arrives in Chihuahua
Cinépolis Foundation began a special tour on January 7, 2019 called “Cinema de Reyes”, in the Carlos Díaz Tarahumara Settlement in Chihuahua; where thousands of children were able to enjoy a movie alongside some delicious popcorn, drinks, sweets and Rosca de Reyes.
This visit was developed between the Comprehensive Family Development (DIF) of the Government of the State of Chihuahua and the Cinépolis Foundation. And thanks to this tour, Ruta Cinépolis managed to visit other municipalities in Chihuahua such as Camargo, Saucillo, Meoqui, Ciudad Juárez; bringing joy and popcorn to the children of these areas.
Likewise, Cinépolis Foundation is collaborating with the Tamaulipas DIF System, where they started the “All to the Cinema” Route, which will reach 11 municipalities in the entity from January 21 to February 1.
Thanks to the screening of these films, around seven thousand people were able to enjoy a pleasant moment and forget their worries with the experience of enjoying a movie under the stars and we still have thousands more to go!
As you will see, Cinépolis continues on the responsible path of sharing the wonderful experience of cinema with those who do not have access to it, spreading smiles, education and entertainment in Mexico by bringing the same experience of its business to the most vulnerable communities... a brilliant example of social responsibility.