Venezuela is considered one of the world's most corrupt countries

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NGO’s | According to a Transparency International report
Venezuela is considered one of the world's most corrupt countries
Venezuela occupies the 164th position of the 178 countries included in the NGO’s study, below Paraguay and Haiti

World Affairs
Venezuela is one of the world's most corrupt countries, according to a report released Tuesday by Transparency International in Berlin. The report says that Chile is the most transparent country in Latin America.

Venezuela occupies the 164th position of the 178 countries included in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2010, below Paraguay and Haiti (both ranked 146th).

Honduras (134), Nicaragua and Ecuador (127 both) as well as Bolivia (110) were the other countries with low scores, AFP reported.

Chile was near the top of the global ranking among the 178 countries with a score of 21, followed by Uruguay (24), Puerto Rico (33) and Costa Rica (41).

Brazil and Cuba are in lower positions (both ranked 69).

Since 1995 Transparency International has published the annual Corruption Perceptions Index ranking countries on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 for a country perceived to have low levels of corruption or transparent