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El Fiscal para casos de lavado de activos Germán Juárez Atoche, obtuvo las declaraciones de dos colaboradores del Caso Lava Jato en Brasil, relacionados a los aportes al Partido Nacionalista, agrupación del expresidente Ollanta Humala.

Entre los colaboradores se encuentra el ciudadano español Rafael Angulo Lopez, ex colaborador de la empresa OAS, encargado de transportar dinero para el pago de presuntas coimas, siendo la forma más habitual de transporte, adhiriendo el dinero a su cuerpo para evitar los controles.

Entre las declaraciones obtenidas, Angulo Lopez aseguró haber transportado dinero a nuestro país, hasta en cuatro oportunidades entre el 2013 y el 2014.

El presidente designado por el poder electoral, Daniel Ortega, se habría implicado en la pugna legal que enfrenta a la empresa Camarones del Pacífico (Campa) con la familia Navarro Soza, por la posesión de 1,101 manzanas de la finca Santa Rita de Hato Nuevo, ubicada en Chinandega, lo cual violenta la independencia de poderes establecida por el artículo 129 de la Constitución Política de Nicaragua.
LA PRENSA tuvo acceso a una trascripción de una reunión realizada el 21 de octubre del 2016 de la Comisión Especial de Registros conformada por los magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Rafael Solís, Alba Luz Ramos y Francisco Rosales Argüello, que conforman la Dirección Nacional de Registros. También participaron dos funcionarios del Registro Público de Chinandega: Maritza Halleslevens y Eduardo Ortega Roa; participó también Estrellita del Carmen Troz Martínez, por el Registro Público de Managua; y Clara Nimia Cruz Castillo, por el Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (Ineter).

Lottie Cunningham no calla. La han amenazado de muerte, pero sigue denunciando la inacción del gobierno del comandante Daniel Ortega ante la invasión de tierras indígenas por parte de colonos en el Caribe de Nicaragua. Una situación que ha dejado más de 32 indígenas asesinados desde septiembre de 2015. A través de su cuenta de Facebook, la directora del Centro Por la Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Costa Atlántica (Cejudhcan) recibió las amenazas. Si seguía denunciando ante los medios de comunicación la invasión, sería asesinada, le dijeron. “Si nos pasa algo vamos a responsabilizar al Estado de Nicaragua, porque tiene que asumir esa obligación de proteger y defender a los defensores de derechos humanos”, dijo Cunningham en una entrevista transmitida en el programa Esta Noche.

Odebrecht was granted a contract in 2013 to install an Electric Transmission Line in Panama and was granted the right to negotiate and pay for easement rights (a right reserved for the State). Original easement awards were calculated to be for US$7 Million, but payments have been awarded for over US$50 Million

Head of the Support Mission against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH), Juan Jiménez Mayor, announced the group's intention to investigate the alleged modification of the Law on the Financing, Transparency and Auditing of Political Parties. The changes, according to Congressmember Aníbal Cálix of the Anti-Corruption Party, were made after Congress had passed the bill.

During oral trial, expert from the Prosecutor's Office side described how Mario Zelaya (former director of the IHSS), Javier Pastor (former vice-minister of Health) and Carlos Montes (former vice-minister of Labour) embezzled and transferred millions of dollars from Honduras and Panama to the United States.

Update on the case from 2003 regarding the illegal release of the Colombian pilot Luis Mauricio Palacios Giraldo and the Honduran José Ramón Gamboa Lara by a criminal group inside the Police institution. The group answered to Congressmember Armando Ávila Panchamé before he was assassinated in prison.

In public event, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Rolando Argueta Pérez, received the list of judges to be appointed to specialized anti-corruption office. The list is made up of eight women and five men, to a total of thirteen anti-corruption judges.

Court will debate today the prosecutor's request to remand former first lady Nadine Heredia in custody. Judges César Sahuanay, Iván Quispe and Jessica León will hear the arguments of prosecutor Germán Juárez Atoche and Heredia's attorney Eduardo Roy gates.

The Attorney General requested that the extradition terms of businessman Martín Belaunde Lossio (who was captured in Bolivia) be expanded in order to bring charges for his corrupt dealings with local governments and the Peruvian Institute of Sports in what is called the "Antalsis" case.

President of the Congressional Commission of Ethics, Segundo Tapia (Fuerza Popular party), said that the opening of an investigation against congressman Lucio Ávila will be discussed next Monday. Ávila faces criticisms for his efforts to exert influence and benefit the National University of the Highlands, of which he used to be dean.

The Office of the Comptroller General has estimated losses of S/.38 millions in the Junin region and the "Special Project Pichis Palcazu", according to an audit for the years 2008-2016.

Anti-corruption prosecutor Mónica Silva Escudero will take Mayor of Lima Luis Casteñeda Lossio's statement on 23rd of December. Casteñeda is being investigated under suspicion of corruption in connection to the cancelled Río Verde project after it was revealed that his former advisor, Giselle Zegarra, had privately discussed the cancellation of the project with Brazilian businessman Leo Pinheiro of the "OAS" construction company.

Prosecutor Sara Vidal summoned former congressman and former secretary general of the Fuerza Popular party Joaquín Ramírez to present his testimony next Monday. Ramírez is being investigated under suspicion of money laundering for having irregularly accumulated over US$7 million.

Primer Minister Fernando Zavala expresses disagreement with the project approved by the Congressional Commission of Constitution regarding the selection by Congress of the head of the new Office of the Procurator General. Zavala said that the Executive branch will submit an alternative project.

After the interpellation of Minister of Education Jaime Saavedra, members of the Fuerza Popular party in Congress has decided to submit a motion of no confidence against him for allegedly failing to answer successfully regarding the irregular procurement of computers in the ministry and the delays in the preparations for the 2019 Pan-American games. Saavedra had offered to increase fight against corruption in his sector during interpellation.

Congressional Commission of Ethics will discuss the opening of an investigation against congress member Carlos Bruce (Peruanos por el Kambio party) for formally requesting police protection for the opening night of his new restaurant, "La Trastienda".

Neighbors and business owners of La Victoria district organized as the "Anti-Corruption Front", took to the streets to demand the resignation of mayor Elías Cuba Bautista. Cuba's son, Eliseo, allegedly extorted bribes from small business owners of the Gamarra area.

Opposition members of Congress hope that an investigation against their colleague Lucio Ávila (Fuerza Popular party) is soon opened, in connection to his efforts to exert influence and benefit the National University of the Highlands, of which he used to be dean. Members of the Fuerza Popular party still refuse to support any investigation.

Producer and director Ricardo Morán will be given the honorary title of "anti-corruption ambassador" by the Ministry of Housing, in recognition for his successful career in television.

Three members of the army in Arequipa have been accused of stealing fiber helmets, tents, backpacks, and vests, according to a statement from the commanding general of the Third Division of the Army, Manuel Rodríguez Luna Victoria.

Lawyer of former first lady Nadine Heredia, Julio César Espinoza, says that she will not leave the country again until court resolves her situation.

According to news source "The Italian Insider", the director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, might face a vote of no confidence for his insistence in appointing former first lady Nadine Heredia despite her legal issues in Peru.

The National Electoral Jury (JNE) revoked for the 4th time the credentials of Curimaná mayor, Loiber Rocha Pinedo, who is under trial for corruption charges. Councilor Delsy Vera takes Rocha's place. The JNE have had to repeatedly revisit the issue as Rocha was released and detained several times by court orders.