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    Corruption in the Mexican Government Stressed out? Depressed? Put that coffee down and stop looking anywhere else the perfect escape is right next door. Next door? What do you mean next door? My next door neighbor is a sixty-eight year old stoner. How could she possibly help me? Oh wait that is my neighbor haha but in all honesty I meant our next door neighbor. None other than the beautiful country of Mexico. Filled with beautiful beaches, luxury hotels, and a bunch of doped out naked spring breakers

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    Mexico has been a democracy for close to 100 years, however, in practice, it is only now going through a democratic transition (ONSF). The dislodging of an authoritarian political party from presidency in 2000 made many optimistic about Mexico’s move towards democracy. Similarly, China, a fractured authoritarian state, has been showing increasing signs of democracy. Due to its economic and political trends, many argue that China is well on its way towards becoming a democracy. However, despite these

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    Mexico 's Drug War: Defined by Corruption The following publication is rife with manipulation and corruption of Mexico 's highest regarded political positions and jurisdictions. Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado officially declared drug trafficking a national security threat in early 1988. The United Nations estimate that 70% of the drugs flowing into the United States comes directly from Mexican drug trafficking cartels. Mexican cartels rely heavily on bribes and corruption

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    Political Corruption and its Effects on the Mexican Economy Gyadisha Sulvaran Palm Beach State College Macroeconomics Warren Smith 4th of April 2014   Abstract For macroeconomics, we were given an assignment to examine and analyze the causes of the business cycle in foreign economies. We were divided into groups of 6 and were given the instructions to randomly select a continent. Our continent was North America. We had to choose between Canada and Mexico. The reason why we decided to choose Mexico is because

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    “There is systemic corruption in Latin America.” Corruption is rooted in the psyche of the Latin America population and together with the procedures make impossible or incredibly long, the people prefers to bribe in order to make the procedures. Moreover, corruption affects the highest levels of government. In order to face this problem, “Latin America has made significant progress in combating poverty and inequality.” The economic development of states in Latin America benefiting from the

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    Corruption is one of the factors that slows down national development and decreases the quality of life. Mexico is among the world's most corrupt nations. The government is responsible for dealing with civil servants who engage in extortion and corruption but it is businesses and individuals who offer inducements to civil servants to obtain certain advantages. Generally, in Mexico the government and the drug traffickers are responsible for eliminating corruption. In Mexico Government is

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    300 years prior to the Mexican Revolution, Mexico was a colony of Spain. As time went on, the people of Mexico grew discontent with the rule of Spain. They found it unfair that people who descended from the Spanish, the children of parents with two different ethnicities, and slaves were not treated well. These class divisions caused a lot of problems and tension in Mexico. A priest named Miguel Hidalgo sought to change this and wanted independence for Mexico. On September 16th, 1810, Miguel declared

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    definition of liberal democracy is a representative democracy that operates under the principles of liberty and equality. In Mexico, there is still debate over whether or not they are considered a liberal democracy. Though Mexico is making changes to become more liberal, I don’t believe they are considered to be a liberal democracy quite yet. Many changes have been occurring in Mexico that are leading them toward becoming a liberal democracy. One example of this is from the article, “From Darkness, Dawn

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    President of Mexico recognized that the "War on Drugs" has brought a dramatic intensification in violence and human rights affectations; therefore, According to Amnesty International UK, Mexico’s Government since 2006 have been used the armed forces in the fight against organized crime, resulting in an estimated of 100,000 people dead and more than 22,000 missing. The employment of armed forces in the fight against organized crime and political situation there are some of the factors that have

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    Analyzing Mexico and United States: History, Political Culture and Corruption Jeniffer Quintero Political Science 2 My 16, 2017 Abstract: Analyzing Mexico and United States: History, Political Culture and Corruption In 1917, the government of the United Mexican States became a Presidential Federal republic through its Mexican Constitution(Mexican Constitution, 2010). Like all other countries’ constitutions there has been changes that have been made over time. Somewhere in

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