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The big Colombia slush fund
by Adriaan Alsema June 9, 2018
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and his predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, allegedly spent $19 billion on congressmen’s pet projects.
The country’s comptroller general released a report on Thursday in which he exposed the jaw-dropping cost of the “mermelada” that is used to sweeten up congress.
Over the past 14 years, the presidents gave congressmen $19.1 billion in “indicative quotas” for local projects, according to Comptroller General Edgardo Maya.
Much of this money ended up in the pockets of local “clans” dedicated to politics and their allies in the private sector.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-big-colombia-slush-fund/