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Content: The enormous amount of liquidity in Venezuela promotes corruption.

From getting a driver's license to buying milk, to finding a job or getting a construction permit, many of the social interactions one has in this oil land often involve some level of corruption.

In Creole terms, the procedures imply that one "pay for a soda", "for a coffee" or, in short, "get off with something" (pay a sum of money). A formula that, alternatively, you can escape if you have "a cousin" or even "a friend" who is well placed (or "plugged in"). Although that does not guarantee that the order will be free, because the "plugged in" in question may well end up asking, and again in Creole, "how much is there for that?"

It is an everyday circle from which it is difficult to escape and ranges from the micro to the highest spheres of the State.

And perhaps this sounds familiar in any country in Latin America, but the case of Venezuela - as confirmed this Tuesday once again by Transparency International's (TI) corruption perception index - has unique characteristics on the continent.

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Among the 177 countries included in the report, composed with the opinion of hundreds of experts and specialized entities, Venezuela is in position 160, with 20 points out of 100.

Of the Latin American countries, only Haiti is behind Venezuela, with 19 points. And Somalia, North Korea and Afghanistan - with 8 points - are considered the most corrupt countries in the world.

Since the report began to be published in 1993, Venezuela has always been among the countries considered most corrupt.

But what makes the case of corruption in this country so particular?

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The American Robert Klitgaard defines corruption as the use of a position of power for individual ends.

Not only of political power, but of any kind: from the security guard who does business with the parking lots to the<end_of_turn>
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