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Weekly Report - 04 June 2015 (WR-15-22)
MEXICO: Corruption reform falls short
There was an unmistakable irony when President Enrique Peña Nieto promulgated a constitutional reform creating an anti-corruption system last week. While Peña Nieto hailed the central objective of the reform being to root out impunity in public life he was surrounded by various senators, deputies and governors none of whom will be held accountable as the fuero conferring immunity from prosecution on elected officials was untouched.
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- BRAZIL: Cuts threaten Rousseff’s education vision
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- MEXICO: Education reform in tatters
- MEXICO: Corruption reform falls short
- GUYANA: How genuine is Granger’s call for unity?
- HAITI: Electoral contest starts taking shape
- CUBA: Nearly there…
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