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Caribbean media practitioners have been challenged to expand their role as social advocates and demand accountability from governments in the face of increasing evidence of corruption.<\/p>\n

Former political activist and Professor Trevor Munroe said journalists had a responsibility to “confirm, to qualify or to contradict with evidence and analysis the people’s perception that corruption is rampant in high places”.<\/p>\n

Available evidence suggests that Caribbean people are getting tired of corruption in high places and of economic distress, which accompanies the corrupt use of resources needed for development,” Munroe said. He cited evidence documented in the 2010 report of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP).<\/p>\n

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