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Mexico's Next Big Chance to Tackle Corruption

By Viridiana Rios

A historic battle against corruption is about to start in Mexico’s Congress – but without any congressmen on the front line.

Empowered by a political reform that was approved in 2014, Mexico’s top civil society groups, academics and activists gathered last Tuesday in a press conference to present a bill that would establish clear penalties for acts of corruption.

This citizen’s initiative, known as Ley 3de3, could be discussed in Congress as early as this spring, if its...

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