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In Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index Chile was ranked number 29 among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked number 1 is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [1] It was ranked 5th among the countries of the Americas, behind Canada, Uruguay, Barbados and the United States. [2]
Pinocheques A corruption scandal involving the eldest son of Augusto Pinochet. Killing of Senator Jaime Guzmán in 1991 Operation Silence (1991) DINE (successor to DINA) assists several military and DINA officers wanted for human rights abuse to escape from Chile (including Eugenio Berrios , Arturo Sanhueza Ross , Carlos Herrera Jiménez )
The company is currently under indictment and investigation for diverting funds to different politicians in Chile. The SQM Case is closely related to the Penta Case , since defendants from both cases overlap and it is the same type of crime.
Fujimori arrived at a time of tense relations between Chile and Peru, after Peru's Congress passed a law the previous week in an attempt to reclaim sea territory from Chile. Chilean foreign minister, Ignacio Walker , said Fujimori's action demonstrated "a very imprudent, very irresponsible attitude, considering this is the most difficult week ...
This is a list of countries by Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as published by Transparency International, including scores and rankings. The Corruption Perceptions Index ( CPI ) assesses countries by their perceived levels of public sector [ 1 ] corruption , as assessed by experts and business executives. [ 2 ]
On 11 September 1973 a military junta toppled President Salvador Allende in a coup d'état and installed General Augusto Pinochet as head of the new regime. [4] [5] This was a dictatorial, authoritarian regime which trampled on human rights with the use of torture, disappearances, illegal and secret arrest, and extrajudicial killings.
VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) -The death toll from wildfires raging across central Chile hit 122 on Monday as helicopters dumped tons of water on blazes and emergency crews told Reuters they were ...
Pacogate is corruption scandal involving Carabineros de Chile, Chile's main police force. The scandal revolves around a scheme for misappropriation of public funds. Pacogate begun to be investigated in 2016 while the actions investigated occurred between 2006 and 2017.