Anti-corruption organisms and US hegemony in Central America

Autores/as

  • Diogo Ives MA candidate in Political Science/UFRGS. Researcher/ISAPE.
  • Bruno Gomes Guimarães PhD candidate in International Strategic Studies/UFRGS. Researcher/ISAPE. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9350-5440

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.65363

Palabras clave:

Central America, United States, Anti-corruption policies

Resumen

This piece analyses how anti-corruption organisms in Central America advance US dominance in the region. These institutions seem to have spearheaded American interests in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in a context of growing dispute with China. We suggest Western countries should focus on domestic measures to fight corruption abroad and international organisms should respect the sovereignty of target states.

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Biografía del autor/a

Diogo Ives, MA candidate in Political Science/UFRGS. Researcher/ISAPE.

MA candidate in Political Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). BA in International Relations at UFRGS.

Bruno Gomes Guimarães, PhD candidate in International Strategic Studies/UFRGS. Researcher/ISAPE.

PhD candidate in International Strategic Studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). MA in International Relations (Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Potsdam University). BA in International Relations at UFRGS. Exchange student in Germany at the Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg in the graduation course of Political Science focused on International Relations. Currently Editor-in-chief and researcher of the South American Institute for Policy and Strategy (ISAPE). Intern at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in the Peace and Security Program from June to August 2014. Secretary-General of UFRGS Model United Nations 2011. Areas of interest comprise the UN System and global governance, international security, geopolitics, regionalism and international institutions.

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Publicado

2016-09-17

Cómo citar

Ives, D., & Gomes Guimarães, B. (2016). Anti-corruption organisms and US hegemony in Central America. Conjuntura Austral, 7(37), 04–08. https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.65363

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