And, yes, I DO take it personally: The Buenos Aires Herald laments Argentina's corruption

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Buenos Aires Herald laments Argentina's corruption

So little has Argentina’s standing within the Transparency International (TI) corruption index improved since last year — still ranked 97th out of 159 countries with its rating up to 2.8 from 2.5 marks out of 10 — that not even the government’s most zealous spin doctors in the last week before Sunday’s elections were inspired to headlines such as: “Argentina one of the 100 most honest countries in the world” or “Argentina making headway against corruption.” Whether 2.5 or 2.8, any mark below three is a resounding failure in TI’s eyes, on a par with Madagascar and Mozambique.

numbers one, two and three, respectively, are iceland, finland and new zealand... the u.s. is number 17...

sunday is election day in argentina...

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