Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019
by OnlineCourage on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:03PM
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What is a "swath"? What is "just cartels?" Are cartels providing road and highway construction? Are cartels operating the national healthcare service? Do they do water permitting? Collect taxes? Regulate commerce? Look at my passport when I enter the country? No - none of the above. Your claim is false. They influence parts of the government, not substitute it. You are describing a place more like soithern Somalia.
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Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019
by coldtea on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @04:45AM
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>Are cartels operating the national healthcare service? Do they do water permitting? Collect taxes? Regulate commerce? Look at my passport when I enter the country?
Considering that they have politicians and legislators in their pocket, yes.
Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019
by OnlineCourage on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:08AM
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Please read the above comment thread so you don't end up taking things out of context. The original comment claimed there is no functioning government. Your new claim seems to be that even though the government is functioning, it is not because of bribery and corruption.