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DR achieves top corruption cut in LatAm's past decade
DR cut corruption more than any LatAm country in a decade, after facing bribery scandals.
By Ernesto Canales and Gabriel Cohen
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In the early 2010s, the DR was struggling with bribery allegations and a weak and unwilling-to-prosecute judicial system. Just last year, twenty former officials were arrested in the largest anti-corruption probe in the country's history, which uncovered widespread embezzlement in government contracts.
As for the tragedies, you probably guessed them: Venezuela and Nicaragua continued to undermine institutions and concentrate power in the hands of undemocratic leaders.