Transactional Politics Once Defined Mexican Elections. It Still Creeps Into Governance.
As U.S. leaders become increasingly open about patronage-style politics, Mexico is trying to shed its longtime system of clientelism. It's not easy.
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Interesting article. The US political system is by no means a carbon copy of Mexico's and corruption at some levels far less obvious, but the current Republican regime nevertheless made corruption, cronyism, and incompetence prominent features and not bugs within the rotting US system.
#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-16 02:48 PM | Reply
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