Regarding \u00d3scar Iv\u00e1n Zuluaga\u2019s confession about the inflow of Odebrecht money to his campaign in 2014, here are three things we should not forget about the Odebrecht scandal in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n
| You may be interested in: Climate change: hottest week so far, earth\u2019s temperature may rise even higher<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n Odebrecht is a Brazilian firm with business in the field of engineering and construction.<\/p>\n\n The company\u2019s operations are not only in engineering projects. Odebrecht turned out to be an expert in building sophisticated transnational bribery networks:<\/p>\n\n In 2010, it financed part of the Colombian presidential campaign of Juan Manuel Santos and Angelino Garz\u00f3n as his vice presidential running mate.<\/p>\n\n In 2014, Odebrecht again financed the campaign of Santos and Vargas Lleras as vice president, along with that of his opponent \u00d3scar Iv\u00e1n Zuluaga and Carlos Homes Trujillo.<\/p>\n\n Two horses of the same owner, with which he won with both heads or tails.<\/p>\n\n But it was not only illegal financing, they were real prepaid bribes, so whoever won had to return that \u201csupport\u201d multiplied, handing over contracts worth billions of pesos, with overpricing, expensive tolls, contract additions, etc. All this at the expense of our pockets.<\/p>\n\n | You may also be interested in: Is the de-dollarization of the world economy on its way? Several facts suggest so<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n While in other countries the scandal ended with presidents behind bars, in Colombia everything remained in the middle management thanks to the then Attorney General of the Nation, N\u00e9stor Humberto Mart\u00ednez Neira.<\/p>\n\n From the Attorney General\u2019s Office, N\u00e9stor Humberto dedicated himself to the \u201ctapen-tapen\u201d, filed investigations, let the Brazilians blow away and for the issue of the campaigns of Juan Manuel Santos and \u00d3scar Iv\u00e1n Zuluaga, he only referred the cases to the National Electoral Council, entity that did nothing about it.<\/p>\n\n Thanks to investigative journalism and the 5 debates of then Senator Robledo, all of Colombia was able to know that Odebrecht\u2019s money was in the pockets of prosecutor Mart\u00ednez Neira.<\/p>\n\n After the revelation, people mobilized and got the prosecutor Mart\u00ednez Neira to resign, which allowed the country to know an important part of this scandal.<\/p>\n\n In conclusion:<\/p>\n\n One, let \u00d3scar Iv\u00e1n Zuluaga answer to justice!<\/p>\n\n Two, we cannot forget the political responsibility of Juan Manuel Santos, Germ\u00e1n Vargas Lleras, \u00c1lvaro Uribe and their friends.<\/p>\n\n And three, remember that the Odebrecht case is an example that an active citizenry is capable of making the corrupt tremble.<\/p>\n\n1. Prepaid bribes to the candidates of Juan Manuel Santos and \u00d3scar Iv\u00e1n Zuluaga<\/h2>\n\n
2. Odebrecht and Grupo Aval\u2019s pocket prosecutor<\/h2>\n\n
3. Press and political control: key in a democracy<\/h2>\n\n
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