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U S Secretary of State honors Sophia Pretrick with 2021 Anticorruption Champion award

March 5, 2021 Pohnpei In late February, United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced a new International Anticorruption Champions Award.  One of the twelve awardees is Ms. Sophia Pretrick, Investigative Advisor for the Compliance Investigation Division of the Pohnpei State Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).  Ms. Pretrick almost single-handedly raised the profile of anticorruption activities in the FSM through her unique blend of government intervention and grassroots advocacy.  One of the recent highlights of her years of service was a partnership between her office and the Pohnpei office of Youth-4-Change, a local NGO that addresses health, teen pregnancy, and anticorruption concerns.  Youth-4-Change wrote and performed a pop song that has been played on local radio for over 18 months and reached thousands of youth with its message about the role each person plays in fighting corruption.

Going after the Achilles heel : Biden charges into global anti-corruption fight

Going after the ‘Achilles’ heel’: Biden charges into global anti-corruption fight POLITICO 3/16/2021 By Nahal Toosi © Patrick Semansky/AP Photo President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on Monday, March 15, 2021. Earlier this month, amid a blizzard of news both domestic and foreign, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the time to ban a powerful Ukrainian oligarch from setting foot in the United States. Ihor Kolomoyskyy, declared Blinken, was involved in “significant corruption” having been accused of everything from looting billions from a bank to funding a private militia. Kolomoyskyy, a former governor of a Ukrainian province, used his office for his personal benefit in ways that “undermined [the] rule of law and the Ukrainian public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions,” Blinken alleged. Not only did Blinken bar Kolomoyskyy (who denies wrongdoing) from obtaining a U.S. visa, he barred the oligarch’s immedia

A new US award honors anti-corruption advocates around the world

Listen to the story. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on foreign policy at the State Department, March 3, 2021, in Washington. Credit: Share When the US State Department announced the new International Anticorruption Champions Award last month, it set off ripples of media coverage across the world. The award honors anti-corruption advocates in countries where democracy is under attack and the COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for corruption to thrive.  A dozen inaugural winners  nominated by US embassies  were named, including Ecuador’s attorney general; the chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation; and a director at the Central Bank of Iraq. 

Brazil reports record death toll from COVID-19

Brazil reports record death toll from COVID-19 By The World staff © Eraldo Peres/AP Marcio Moraes prays outside the window of an improvised ICU where his 25-year-old brother was hospitalized for COVID-19 in Brasilia, Brazil, March 8, 2021. Top of The World our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here. On Tuesday, Brazil registered a record daily number of deaths due to COVID-19 and hospitals are buckling under the strain of widespread infections from the coronavirus. The country’s Health Ministry reported 1,972 fatalities and more than 70,000 new COVID-19 cases.  The South American country still falls second only to the United States in number of deaths globally and health officials have raised concerns about the slow rollout of vaccines and the potential threat of unchecked virus migration on not just neighboring countries, but around the world. “If Brazil is not serious, then it will continue to affect all of the neighbor

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