Earthquake Corruption - 12 DP C by Isaac Pérez Bolado https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k This padlet is related to the story of acts of corruption in the relief efforts after the past September 19 earthquake. en-us 2017-11-24 14:41:48 UTC 2026-01-25 00:44:47 UTC hello@padlet.com GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY iperez13 https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209934148 What aspects of the government enable corruption, and what can be done?]]> 2017-11-24 14:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209934148 THE VICTIMS iperez13 https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209934149 How is government inefficiency affecting the life of individual people?]]> 2017-11-24 14:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209934149 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE iperez13 https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209934150 What do outside countries, donors, and NGOs have to say about the issue?]]> 2017-11-24 14:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209934150 Sharon S. https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209950448 Government Transparency
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Accusations-of-Corruption-Emerge-from-Rubble-of-Mexico-Quake-20170929-0031.html
Article is looking at the results of corruption in the Mexico Earthquake that shook the country the past September 19 
 "shoddy construction, official negligence and corruption made the disaster worse" 
]]> 2017-11-24 16:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209950448 Sarah H. Interviews shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209950458 - people who lost their homes: Saúl Nicolas Pérez lost his house located in San Francisco Xochiteopan. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/world/americas/villagers-after-mexican-earthquake-left-with-nothing-san-francisco-xochiteopan.html) 



]]> 2017-11-24 16:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209950458 Jack salamejack https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209950531 Donations were made because people were really in need of it, as the government carried some of the needs people waited so long that it kind of affected them. People that live in Ecatzingo and Atlautla talk about their experience as 80% of the buildings have major damage and 95% of the schools. The problem is no government need has arrived.
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2017/09/21/pobladores-de-ecatzingo-y-atlautla-exigen-apoyo-tras-sismo-4667.html ]]> 2017-11-24 16:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209950531 shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951112 2017-11-24 16:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951112 Sarah H. shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951407 Mariana Campos (public policy research center Mexico Evalua) "the school didn't seem like a building that would collapse the next day. It was beautiful and well-maintained, but the (defect) wasn't visible. That's how corruption works."
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Accusations-of-Corruption-Emerge-from-Rubble-of-Mexico-Quake-20170929-0031.html]]> 2017-11-24 16:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951407 Sarah H. Claudia Sheinbaum shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951608 - top district official
- she pressed charges against two officials and the school's principal for not caring about a major construction error, which caused the destruction of the school when the earthquake hit.
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Accusations-of-Corruption-Emerge-from-Rubble-of-Mexico-Quake-20170929-0031.html]]> 2017-11-24 16:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951608 Sharon S. https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951711 Government Transparency
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/world/americas/mexico-earthquake-aid.html
“Historically, there has been a lack of openness” in disaster relief, Eduardo Bohórquez, the director of Transparency Mexico, an anti-corruption group. “It’s not clear that it reaches the victims.” Now, with the earthquake, he said, “something which has not been resolved in the country reappears.”]]> 2017-11-24 16:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951711 Celia C ccassabc1 https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951747 "Last Friday, a bus pulled into the village loaded with food, clothes and supplies. A sign in Spanish read: “Brooklyn Helping Mexicans.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/world/americas/villagers-after-mexican-earthquake-left-with-nothing-san-francisco-xochiteopan.html


]]> 2017-11-24 16:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951747 Sharon S. https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951948 Victims 
Moments after the earthquake that shook Mexico, stress and chaos dominate the streets.  ]]> 2017-11-24 16:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209951948 Celia C ccassabc1 https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952612 http://tv.milenio.com/milenio_noticias_de_la_noche/dinero-donaciones-damnificados-sismo-donde_esta-milenio-noticias_3_1042725827.htmlIn overal the total of how much money has been donated after the earthquake in Mexico, is of about 57 million dollars. The secretary of Haciendo of Mexico has no idea if the money has been used to help everything that was damaged by the earthquake. This happened because they decided to give all of the money to companies, having no record of where this money went. Until today the money hasn't been sent to the damnificados.  ]]> 2017-11-24 16:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952612 Sharon S. https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952680 Victims
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/world/americas/mexico-earthquakes-displaced.html
"They sleep on couches, in makeshift shelters and in their cars; wear borrowed clothes and hand-me-downs from donation piles; and, separated from their kitchens, rely on others’ cooking, each plate a reminder of their restless, unanchored state."]]> 2017-11-24 16:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952680 Jack salamejack https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952902 The local diary from Oaxaca states that habitants from Juchitan have been demanding need to the local secretary because food has arrived but has not yet been distributed.
http://eldiariodechihuahua.mx/Nacional/2017/09/15/habitantes-de-juchitan-denuncian-que-funcionario-esconde-despensas/]]> 2017-11-24 16:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952902 Sharon S https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952992 NGO´S
https://www.jta.org/2017/09/28/news-opinion/world/in-mexico-city-this-jewish-ngo-is-the-go-to-agency-for-earthquake-relief
In Mexico City, this Jewish NGO is the go-to agency for earthquake relief
"In Condesa, Cadena repurposed the parking lot of a residential building near the synagogue as a warehouse for donated goods essential to the rescue operations in Mexico City and beyond."
]]> 2017-11-24 16:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209952992 Sarah H. shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953006 Mother who lost her child in the fallen school:
 "No-one can possibly imagine the pain I'm in right now."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41337467

]]> 2017-11-24 16:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953006 Celia C ccassabc1 https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953102 Most of the money has been donated by companies and countries such like Facebook, Google, The mexican soccer team, and Unicef. Some of the countries that donated as well were China, Russia, the Vatican, among others. ]]> 2017-11-24 16:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953102 Sarah H. shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953141 Donald Trump, president of U.S "God bless the people of Mexico City. We are with you and will be there for you" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41337467]]> 2017-11-24 16:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953141 Sharon S. https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953493 Link between NGO´s (aid) and government corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/27/mexico-earthquake-political-aftershocks
"They had food, water and building materials – but before they would hand anything over, they demanded Islas show her government-issued voter ID.
Parties often use such information to track potential voters – and even to sign them up as members without their knowledge. But Islas was unable to comply."




]]> 2017-11-24 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953493 Sarah H. shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953549 Israel sends help to Mexico
“Earthquakes are terrifying for anyone in the vicinity, and with shelters filling up, we are sending a team to provide psychosocial post-trauma support and help more remote communities with water, hygiene and sanitation solutions.”  Voni Glick, co-CEO of IsraAID.

https://www.israel21c.org/israel-sends-aid-to-mexico-after-devastating-earthquake/]]> 2017-11-24 16:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953549 Jack salamejack https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953828 Mexico has been receiving lots of aid, political leaders  have been expressing their thoughts and prayers. And lots of governments around the world like Japan, Israel, Canada have sent specialists on earthquakes to help aid citizens.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/international-solidarity-after-mexicos-earthquake]]> 2017-11-24 16:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209953828 shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209954051 2017-11-24 16:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209954051 shararim https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209954093 2017-11-24 16:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/iperez13/ibtg8mx5r26k/wish/209954093