OPINION: The malice of corruption

When we face a cover like this one, it is clear that there the perception that the country is sunk in the mud of corruption  is not wrong: Odebrecht, Lottery, even the case in Costa Rica of a company with works in Panama – he confesses of having paid millions in bribes to local officials – and whose investigation will have rebounds in Panama. This week, a study containing an index on the ability to fight corruption was released. Obviously, there were no surprises: as always, our evaluation is bad. And the reason for that is because our officials are in denial. They do not hear or see or smell or feel; nor intuition they have. You just have to see what happened this week with the bags of food. Hundreds in a private house, without a good reason, and the only thing that seven ministers or their representatives can say is that they have given instructions to cooperate in the investigation. If that were true, the investigation would be completed in less than a week. Half a Cabinet and can’t keep track of a few bags of food. For this reason, the country reeks of scam, robbery and bargains. And these are the covers that result from the impudence and the eternal malice – LA PRENSA, Jun. 17.