Essays about: "CICIG"

Found 3 essays containing the word CICIG.

1. 1. The success of CICIG: explaining a successful anti-corruption agency

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Olle Andersson; [2017]
   Keywords : CICIG; Corruption; Anti-Corruption Agencies ACA ; Guatemala; Implementation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The international anti-corruption commission CICIG managed to achieve unexpected success when they dismantled a corruption ring within Guatemala’s government. The results are remarkable since Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACA) often fail due to societal corruption, which is a big problem in Guatemala. READ MORE

3. 2. "Guatemala woke up" : A study about the social protests in Guatemala City 2015

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

   Author : Isadora Bennet; [2016]
   Keywords : Guatemala; social protests; demonstrations; corruption; The Line; Pérez Molina; Baldetti; CICIG; civil society;

   Abstract : In a country that has been characterized by its high level of violence and historically strong repression of social movements and mobilizations, people demonstrated peacefully during twenty weeks in Guatemala City 2015. The mobilizations started after the revelation of a corruption network described as The Line, which involved both the Guatemalan Government and the Guatemalan Superintendence of Tax Administration. READ MORE

4. 3. Reconciling a Colonial Past

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maria Aviles; [2011]
   Keywords : Guatemala; reconciliation; democratization; CICIG; REMHI; CEH; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This is an essay about the reconciliation process in Guatemala its focus is on investigating the strategies used and their results. The theoretical framework consists of reconciliation-theory with truth and justice as central concepts. READ MORE