A UN mission of experts arrived in Honduras to examine the establishment of an international anti-corruption mission in the Central American nation, which is plagued by widespread corruption that exacerbates poverty and immigration, Honduran authorities announced Sunday.
Leftist President Xiomara Castro pledged during her campaign to install an anti-corruption commission known as the International Commission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras . A year and a half after taking office, civil society groups have grown frustrated with delays in the process as the government and the United Nations have not yet reached an agreement on the scope of a potential commission.
Castro's government signed a letter of intent with the UN in December to promote the installation of the mission in Honduras, where U.S. diplomats say $3 billion is lost annually and local authorities say 74% of the population lives in poverty. "We are going to start negotiating with the UN mission the conditions for the installation of the international anti-corruption body," Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina told local media on Sunday, adding that the government "aspires for it to enjoy autonomy to prosecute corruption.
The CICIH would be the second anti-corruption commission to operate in Honduras. In 2016, the Mission to Support Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras was installed with the backing of the Organization of American States and the Obama administration The MACCIH exposed the corruption of officials, legislators and politicians, many linked to former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who wasThe mission left Honduras in 2020 after the OAS failed to reach an agreement with the Hernandez government to extend its stay.Our Standards:
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