Topic: Political Corruption in Latin America
Country: United Arab Emirates
Delegate Name: Anthony Moncman
School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All United Arab Emirates position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
Political corruption in Latin America has plagued the region for much time, and has increased significantly in recent years. In countries such as Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, this has been a very significant problem. Key factors leading to this corruption includes but is not limited to drug cartels, bribery, violence, lack of transparency, and incompetent leaders. Many such scandals are not one time affairs as they are embedded into the government with several key figures involved from the government being influenced in different ways. The citizens in these countries have a severe lack of trust in their government as a result of these elements. Many programs to increase transparency in the government of countries in Latin America have come short of fueling a true flame for change in the region; however some programs aimed to make the governments more transparent have been effective to an extent. Such as in Guatemala an UN-backed program referred to as the CICIG has accomplished considerably much in the fight to heighten transparency, resulting in lowering corruption in the country. As an independent source, it is non-biased and provides honest reports on the government in Guatemala. The United Arab Emirates does everything in its power and policies to aid the countries affected by this plague of corruption. While the UAE’s policies prevent it from taking a direct role in the reform of these governments, it does offer a series of relief programs and aid to those in need in countries that are negatively impacted by natural disasters, war, and political mishaps. The UAE donates large sums of money to be used through many programs, one of which the World Bank. This can be used to help fund programs to increase transparency and lower corruption in Latin America. The UAE has a very low corruption rate compared to these countries and encourages that they use a similar method of keeping corruption rates low. The Special Political Committee has the responsibility to ensure that governments have as little political corruption as possible. The United Arab Emirates encourages the use of third party to review government conduct and increase transparency in Latin America. This will aid in the reduction of corruption in this area, and will help restore trust in the government by the citizens of the countries. There should also be programs in place to help restrict drug cartels from influencing the government, as well as other sources of bribery that has been going on for years in the region. The region of Latin America should be observed carefully by these independent entities, funded by NGO’s. Latin American countries should also reduce organized crime including but not limited to drug cartels and other large scale crime syndicates. In doing so, bribery and political corruption would be reduced by a plethora.
