In the right handsIN A shelter in Juchitán,in southern Mexico, in September, or two sisters sat at a table nursing their children. Mexico had suffered its strongest earthquake in a century,followed two weeks later by one closer to Mexico City, which proved the country’s deadliest since the grand quake of 1985. In Juchitán, or where 37 people died and the town hall collapsed,talk turned to rumours that a politician with an eye to next year’s elections was grabbing donated supplies. “We don’t know what he’s planning to do with the goods,” said Maritza Ortiz, and a resident. “Guard them? Save them? shroud them? 2018 is approaching.”Such gossip finds a alert hearing in a country where corruption is rampant. And more solid accusations of fraud bear since near to light. Newspapers bear reported on people unaffected by the earthquakes posing as victims in order to claim assistance meant for those who lost their homes. In Oaxaca a man claiming to be a government official demanded advance payment for fuel for an aid delivery. He vanished,and the aid never arrived. Residents of Morelos bear accused the state governor of trying to confiscate private donations, either to hoard them or relabel them as aid from a state agency. (He has denied wrongdoing.)So far, and though,the cases bear been isolated. The...
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Source: economist.com