Not content to merely pardon terrorists, former Panaman President Mireya Moscoso may very well have been greedy, to boot:
Former Central American presidents increasingly are facing criminal prosecution for alleged corruption during their administrations. The latest in the cross hairs: Panama's former chief executive, Mireya Moscoso.
The ex-president, who served from 1999 until September, and several of her Cabinet members and close associates face probes for alleged misuse or embezzlement of tens of millions of dollars in government and charitable funds.
This part makes me ill:
Among the half-dozen cases under investigation, the one that has drawn the greatest public scrutiny is Moscoso's alleged misuse of $25 million in discretionary funds traditionally spent on emergencies such as natural disasters or on medical care for the poor. Moscoso has admitted spending millions of these dollars on expensive clothes and jewelry for herself and plastic surgery for presidential assistants.
"The president's defense of those expenses was that it would hurt Panama's image if she looked like a homeless person," Maytin Justiniani said. "In a country where 40% of the population lives in poverty, buying yourself such luxuries with public money is a real insult."
I guess she thinks that's preferable that the country have a corrupt pocket-lining president who doesn't care really care about the homeless people who actually live in her country. Maybe she can share a cell with former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Alemán.
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