US denounces the “systematic corruption” of officials in Spain

[Cybran]

https://www.insidetheworld.org/2016/...ials-in-spain/

the United States Department of State denounced Wednesday the “systematic corruption of government officials” as one of the three more “significant” human rights problems suffered by Spain.

the State Department mentioned those problems in its annual report on human rights in the world corresponding to 2015, which was released in Washington. “The most significant problems of human rights he affirms included forced return and mistreatment of asylum seekers by police, systematic corruption of government officials and violence against women and children”.

“the government generally took steps to prosecute officials, both security services and the government, who committed abuses. in some cases, officials held corrupt practices and created the impression of impunity “says the report.

” the law provides penalties for corruption of officials and the government generally implemented these laws effectively, although the charges and convictions were few compared to the demands filed, “the State Department.

One of the cases highlighted in the report refers to the Spanish former Minister of Economics and former director manager of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Rodrigo Rato. The report notes that “the government accused Rato money laundering, tax evasion and fraud” and review their involvement “in a case that began nearly three years ago” about the alleged fraud of the financial institution Bankia.

And to add more hypocrisy.

http://observador.pt/2016/04/14/eua-...iais-portugal/

The USA points out police brutality and prison over crowding in portugal

The USA has 2.4 million prisoners and 16000 police killings every year, but they have the nerve to criticize Europe. How long should this hypocrisy continue?

Why is the USA allowed to meddle in the affairs of sovereign states in the first place?

[Sky High]

How long should this hypocrisy continue?

forever, unless you think someone's going to stop us.

[Revik]

That doesn't make it wrong.

[Forgettable]

Governments in every country are corrupt, so it's laughable for any of them to try to remove the speck from their neighbor's eye before pulling the plank out of their own eye first.

US Government should denounce itself first.

[DrMcNinja]

Another laughable statement.

[nextormento]

They have a report on virtually every country on earth. It's not really criticism, but a data collection. In fact, a big share of the report on Spain that the article quotes is produced by European officials, not the US.

And they're not wrong about corruption anyway. The case with Rato being particularly damaging, but it's still an on-going investigation with no verdict yet.

[Azadina]

Governments in every country are corrupt, so it's laughable for any of them to try to remove the speck from their neighbor's eye before pulling the plank out of their own eye first.

US Government should denounce itself first.

In US, corruption has been deemed freedom of speech. So, they don't have "corruption" It's all renamed and legal