Don't get me wrong, I understand there's not an honest politician or cop between the Rio Grande and Patagonia. It's just that Mexico has incredible wealth in the form of natural resources and incredible tourist appeal. Yet the place is one vast, dangerous, dirt poor cess pool? It takes a special kind of corruption to reduce a country like Mexico down to he level it's at, has been and most likely will always be.
2006-10-26 12:07:19 · 19 answers · asked by Yak Rider 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Yes, Mexico is the most corrupt nation in this western hemisphere. The problem with Mexico is that their citizen knows about the corruption and inept of their government and they don't do nothing. Do you know that they are all against the building of the fence by the American government and the reason is because they, the Mexicans need to work and with the fence they asked, Where are we going to work now? Do you believe this? Is not only corrupted, they have the people of Mexico convince that the USA is to blame for their miseries. Incredible
2006-10-26 12:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
NO it is not...
this link will answer your questions with intelligence and facts, which many of the people here have not done.
check out this list from Forbes.com a very important magazine in the United States.
For the ones that have noted Colombia as being corrupt... notice Colombia is not # 1, it ranks 56 well under Venezuela, Bolivia etc... RESEARCH AND GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
As you can see Haiti is # 1 followed by Paraguay...
And there are far more corrupt countries in the world than Mexico
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/2006/01/24/06caphosp_corrupt_slide.html
if you have problems with the link, just go to Forbes.com and search this in their feeds
And for everyone here, this is the definition of political corruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption
2006-10-26 19:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by ljohgt 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Pretty much all of the Countries south of our border are pretty corrupt. But then look at our country...the Foley scandal, the Iraqi war on false Intelligence, Congress spending, the Patriot Act, etc etc. If you're talking about Transparency, which is defined as how open the government is, Mexico is probably one of the most corrupt in the Western Hemisphere.
2006-10-26 19:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by Eri 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Mexico
Is ONE Of The Most corrupt nations in the western hemisphere
More Than 50 Percent Of Mexicos GNP
Is Derived From Illicit (ILLEGAL) Activity
2006-10-26 19:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Okay Jane. Here's your chance to prove your point. How is the President corrupt? Has he been accepting bribes? Has he been funneling gov't appropriations into his own pocket? I don't think so. But in Mexico, that happens on EVERY level, which makes it even sadder. Sure, we have had some bribery in Congress. But very little. I doubt you even know what it was called, so I'll help you out: it was the Abramoff scandal. If you can give me even 3 more solid examples of bribery in American politics in our entire history, I will concede my point.
2006-10-26 19:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by Brian S 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mexico is indeed one of the most corrupt nation in the world... They have reason to believe some Mexican politicians get a cut from drug cartels...All the while people are starving the Mexican politicians live it up...
2006-10-26 22:36:40 · answer #6 · answered by someguy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mexico is not the most corrupt nation in the US....The US is the most corrupt nation.....with power comes evil !
But the difference between the US and Mexico is....The US treats their citizens better and we have more freedoms and voice in government! But overall....the US has their hands in every government in the civilized world..pulling strings and dissrupting soveriegnty!
2006-10-26 19:37:35 · answer #7 · answered by flan04osu 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
good question...all latinamerican countries have pretty good natural resources the problem is that they do not have good governments...It takes decades of corruption to destroy a country like Mexico
2006-10-26 19:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by mj23 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Corruption is everywhere. The difference is not the degree of corruption but the type of corruption.
2006-10-26 19:09:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Those with ties to Mexico will never discredit Mexico it's all about the race
2006-10-26 19:19:10 · answer #10 · answered by Zoe 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋