Americas

CPI 2020: Americas

News • 28 January 2021

The Americas showcase corruption and the mismanagement of funds in one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

CPI 2020: Trouble in the top 25 countries

News • 28 January 2021

The top 25 countries on the CPI have their share of corruption challenges

Working in one of the world’s most dangerous hospitals during COVID-19

News • 28 January 2021

An illustrated story of corruption in Venezuela during a global pandemic

The companies that export corruption

News • 13 October 2020

Resisting corruption along drug trafficking routes: An analysis of criminal justice bodies in Latin America and West Africa

Publication • 14 May 2021

This report assesses criminal justice institutions in nine countries along the so-called cocaine route in Latin America and West Africa to identify integrity, accountability and…

Brazil: Setbacks in the Legal and Institutional Anti-Corruption Frameworks

Publication • 20 November 2019

Corruption remains one of the biggest impediments to economic development in Brazil. It threatens recent strides made towards equality and social justice...

Global Corruption Barometer: Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 - Citizens' Views and Opinions of Corruption

Publication • 23 September 2019

Most citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean think their governments are not doing enough to tackle corruption and that corruption levels have increased in the past 12 months…

People and Corruption: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication • 09 October 2017

This new report from the Global Corruption Barometer series is based on surveys with over 22,000 citizens living in 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.