1 7 7 ▁countries ▁in ▁Trans par ency ▁International ' s ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁Cor ruption ▁Per ception s ▁Index . ▁It ▁ranked ▁ 1 1 th ▁out ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁countries ▁survey ed ▁in ▁Latin ▁America . ▁Argentina ▁f ared ▁even ▁more ▁poor ly ▁in ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁rank ings ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 – 1 3 ▁Global ▁Compet it iveness ▁Report , ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁World ▁Econom ic ▁Forum . ▁Out ▁of ▁ 1 5 2 ▁countries ▁survey ed , ▁Argentina ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁ 1 4 5 th ▁least ▁cor rupt , ▁meaning ▁that ▁only ▁seven ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁were ▁more ▁cor rupt ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁W EF . ▁ ▁The ▁Fin an cial ▁Times ▁noted ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁that ▁in ▁Argentina ▁cor ruption ▁is ▁widely ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁" eng rained ", ▁and ▁" there ▁is ▁the ▁sense ▁that ▁public ▁officials ▁are ▁un touch able ". ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁soci ologist ▁A til io ▁Bor ón ▁l ament ed ▁that ▁" the ▁Argent in ian ▁is ▁very ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁govern ments ▁are ▁cor rupt , ▁and ▁does ▁not ▁seem ▁shock ed ▁at ▁acts ▁of ▁cor ruption ," ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁polit icians ▁therefore ▁does ▁not ▁prevent ▁their ▁re e lection . ▁" This ▁is ▁an ▁economy ▁that ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁has ▁toler ated ▁a ▁legal ▁d rain ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 6