He became a magnet for Venezuelans who craved a strong hand to sweep away endemic corruption.
The public seems satisfied that the war on the nation's endemic corruption is going well enough.
They know that Uzbekistan's limping economy, endemic corruption and restrictions on free speech provide a fertile recruiting ground.
Thanks to ineffective policies, combined with endemic corruption, income per head has been sinking for the past five years.
To get a real flowering of entrepreneurship, Putin must genuinely attack the endemic corruption all the way to the top.
The gas official reportedly pleaded with Kulibayev to improve his own reputation and that of Kazakhstan, which is known for endemic corruption.
Nuristan is geographically cut off from the rest of Afghanistan and has next to no infrastructure, few medical facilities and endemic corruption.
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The country is grappling with high inflation, endemic corruption, growing pollution concerns and a widening gap between the rich and the poor.
Less talked about is the glass ceiling in Myanmar that is preventing legal reform from becoming full-fledged rule of law: endemic corruption.
The endemic corruption of Turkey's traditional secular leaders increased the Islamists' popularity.
The CAR has a history of coups and army mutinies, as well as endemic corruption, and remains one of Africa's least developed nations.
I'm scared not because the doctors lack knowledge or their equipment is old--the opposite is often true--but because of the endemic corruption there.
Complicating this unacceptable situation is the endemic corruption throughout the country.
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The land grabs are only the most prominent examples of Cambodia's endemic corruption, from the office of the prime minister, Hun Sen, all the way down.
They acknowledged that the U.S. and its allies face serious challenges in Afghanistan, from the government's weakness and endemic corruption to the Taliban's ability to mount new attacks throughout the country.
But in a society where bulging brown envelopes are synonymous with the country's widely-recognised problems of endemic corruption, it was not a very bright move by ministry officials, even if their intentions were honourable.
Foreign donors and investors are likely cautiously to welcome the results particularly if the SRP's stronger position allows the opposition to put pressure on the government to tackle endemic corruption and ensure the independence of the judiciary.
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The ruling PPP has seen its approval ratings fall over a faltering economy, endemic corruption and a failure to combat an Islamist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives and threatens to complicate the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
What no Italian government has succeeded in doing is tackling the endemic corruption, political interference, bureaucratic inefficiency and broken justice system that has deterred investment, stifled innovation and destroyed any hope the country might grow its way out of its debt burden.
The outrage at the telecoms bidding scandal, after so many years of endemic corruption, and chagrin at the near fiasco of the Commonwealth Games suggested to me that the old resignation at the country's fits and starts is giving over to a quick agitation.
Endemic government corruption and poor standards in public services are also chronic sources of popular dissatisfaction.
Some believe that replacing the presidential system of government with a parliamentary system would reduce endemic official corruption.
The FBI investigation is only the latest and most recent attempt by the federal government to try to track what one federal official told CNN was "endemic" corruption on the island.
The endemic crime and corruption in Kosovo are a powerful argument for staying.
Europeans should have learned by now how endemic and corrosive corruption and influence-peddling are when extensive power is concentrated at the center.
With economic uncertainty and corruption endemic, these two issues loom large in people's minds and are the main issues of Mr Kim's campaign.
However, critics say a major overhaul of the local and federal police forces is needed to address endemic problems of corruption, violence and impunity.
Corruption is endemic in Ukraine, but Ms Tymoshenko has evidently been singled out.
Mr Lingle then goes on to say that there is a lack of transparency and that corruption is endemic in Asia.
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