| Hi there, Next week on Monday we will release our Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) report that surveys corruption across Latin America and the Caribbean. The report presents the results of surveys with more than 22,000 people across the region. They were asked about corruption in their daily lives, whether they had to pay a bribe in the past 12 months and to whom. The survey also looks at which institutions are considered most corrupt and whether corruption has increased in each country. We think the results areworrying and worth sharing, but not surprising. Just this week alone, the press highlighted major corruption stories across the region. Investigators in Mexico are looking at whether corruption could have led to many of the building collapses following the earthquake. In Ecuador the vice president was imprisoned for corruption and in Guatemala there were allegations of corruption during the campaign of a former president. And in Brazil the head of the Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Olympics was charged with corruption, while a report in Bloomberg showed how many Brazilian politicians hide behind the immunity their office gives them when faced with charges of corruption (and even murder). The list goes on. In 2018, 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries will go to the polls. Politicians will likely claim that they will stop corruption, yet the people who answered the survey might be hard to convince. Spoiler alert: our big survey shows that along with the police, political parties are considered to be the most corrupt institution by ordinary citizens. Check it out on Monday. | 
