ABSTRACT
In 2013, Argentines topped Latin Americans in their assessment of each country’s rising corruption, only followed by Mexicans and Venezuelans. Indicated in scandals, surveys, and international rankings, Argentina’s reputation for corruption has clearly worsened in recent years. Thus, in 2013, for example, 72% of Argentine survey respondents judged corruption to be a very serious problem in the nation, with 58% noting that corruption had risen “a lot”; three in four respondents judged the government’s anticorruption measures ineffective; 16% indicating they had bribed a police official in the last 2 years; and most agreed that it is important to have personal contacts to get things done (Associated Press 2013).
