Re: Mexico: democracy or institutional fetishism

["David B. Shemano" <dshemano@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. Huato -- the following is a recent article in the Los Angeles Times entitled: "The Bite of Corruption: Kickbacks, embezzlement and bribery are a way of life in Mexico, stunting the economy and poisoning the public trust. Some regions are cleaning up, but the capital remains a quagmire."  http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mordida6aug06,1,1753381.story

>From your perspective, how important is the pervasive corruption among the many problems facing Mexico?  And if you think it is an important problem, how would Obrador make any difference?

David Shemano




--- Original Message---
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 From: Julio Huato <juliohuato@xxxxxxxxx>
 Sent:  8/09/2006  3:52PM
 Subject: [PEN-L] Mexico: democracy or institutional fetishism

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