However, after a year in office, there have been minimal signs of tangible anti-corruption reforms, and the president appears increasingly powerless to deliver the platform he promised.
Perpetual legal challenges from nefarious actors have crippled Semilla’s power. Corruption within state institutions is so widespread that purging key ministries could hobble basic government functions. Meanwhile, the country’s attorney general hounds the president with dubious legal attacks and has hollowed out her office of competent corruption prosecutors.