Topic: Political Corruption in Latin America
Country: Israel
Delegate Name: Noah Palmatier
School: Williamston High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Israel position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
Political corruption is a fear for any person under a social contract and in Latin America, political corruption is unraveling the governments of the region. Whether it is Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina, or Nicaragua as well as other country in this region, there has been a tremendous amount of political corruption in these countries impacting the people. The impact on the people has overall been negative and the only positive impact of this corruption has been the pocketbooks of the politicians. This corruption is not limited to the top, according to Transparency International, 47% of all police officers in the region are corrupt. Along with corruption in the police force, many of the countries have extreme drug trafficking as well as drug cartels. These drug cartels negatively impact the countries that they are rooted in, as well as, those that surround the “cartel countries” who receive the drugs being exported. Weak and wavering authority allows for increased crime and even the buying of votes of those in the positions of power that are supposed to oppose that activity. Israel, which is currently ranked 32nd out of 180 countries on the Corruption Perception Index of 2018, is willing to provide any type of assistance to the powerhouses of the Western Hemisphere to allow the people who are suffering from the unfair practice of political corruption that takes away the power of the people. Although Israel itself has had its own struggles with political corruption, Israel believes that these Latin American countries, with the right guidance from , can overcome this corruption. Israel believes that leaders of these countries should be looking out for the good of the men and women under their jurisdiction instead of the special interests and drug cartels. Israel supports the idea of sanctions and stable governments in the Latin America region in order to combat corruption. So, Israel suggests that in order to fight this corruption and to set a precedent against corruption, there must be cutting of UN and foreign aid until stable governments are put into place. Israel also would like to encourage these countries to institute the policy of Rule of Law in order to disallow from corrupt and criminal leader rising and keeping their power.
