Curbing Corruption in Venezuela

Issue Date July 1996
Volume 7
Issue 3
Page Numbers 157-65
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About the Author

Gustavo Coronelis the founder and president of Agrupación Pro Calidad de Vida, a Caracas-based organization devoted to fighting corruption and promoting civic education in Latin America, primarily in Venezuela. A geologist by training, he worked in the oil industry for many years and currently serves as an international management and energy consultant. He also writes a weekly column for El Globo, a Caracas daily newspaper.

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