Peru’s President Ollanta Humala is making a public show of his determination to crack down on corruption. While addressing 25 new regional presidents in Lima’s presidential palace on 8 January, a week after they took office, Humala said that his government was committed to decentralisation but would not tolerate the slightest hint of financial impropriety. He was referring to the corruption scandals that came to light last year leaving one-third of Peru’s regional presidents facing legal charges, especially related to the award of public works’ contracts. Widely portrayed as one of the main spiders in these webs of corruption is Martín Belaúnde Lossio, a businessman who had close links to Humala. Peru’s government is mounting a major diplomatic offensive to retrieve him from Bolivia.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1394 words.
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