Breaking Barriers: A Community-Driven Approach to Translation

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¿Vigilancia sin control? Las veedurías ciudadanas en Colombia y Ecuador

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} El término veeduría proviene del verbo ver u observar, por lo que en algunas regiones de América Latina se asocia a actividades de monitoreo sobre la gestión de los asuntos públicos. Aunque hacer veeduría es una forma de vigilancia ciudadana,…

Monitoring without Control? Citizen Oversight Committees in Colombia and Ecuador

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} In Spanish, the term veeduría comes from the verb to see or observe, which is why in some regions of Latin America it is associated with organized citizen monitoring of the public sector. Doing veeduría is a form of citizen…

Taking Stock of the Mexican Government’s Rebranded Whistleblower Program

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Balance del nuevo programa de denunciantes del gobierno mexicano

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} English version: Taking stock of the Mexican Government’s Rebranded Whistleblower Program   La reforma constitucional en materia de combate a la corrupción de 2015 en México trajo consigo la toma de decisiones públicas hacia la previsión de un marco jurídico…

‘Accountability Frontliners’: Citizen Monitors are on the Frontlines of the Pandemic Too

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De “la accountability” y la rendición de cuentas al “control democrático de lo público” en América Latina

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} English Version: From the Imported Term “Accountability” to Democratic Public Control in Latin America Inicio del camino La trayectoria de la adecuación del término “rendición de cuentas” partió en América Latina desde una triple posición. Primero, la importación por las…

From the Imported Term “Accountability” to Democratic Public Control in Latin America

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The Media as an Ally in the Fight Against Tax Privileges

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La lucha mediática contra los privilegios fiscales

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