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Poverty January 13, 2020 | 11:49 am

Corruption widens inequality among Dominicans

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic is the eighth most corrupt country in Latin America and the Caribbean, ranked 129th among 180 countries, as published by Transparency International - TI- in 2018. That year, the country's Corruption Perception Index was placed at 30 points out of 100, one more than the 29 registered in 2017, a level that is still considered “high.” This slight movem

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