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(814 posts)All the countries colonized by every nation except Britain have been epic failures. Oh sure, our interference in South America hasn't helped but as a rule none of those countries really believed in creating infrastructure where they colonized. Instead, it was all about the sucking sound of wealth transference to the motherland as it were. No centers of higher learning were funded for the most part. With France it was about you being to pay for transportation from whatever colony and they would hook you up with college in France. By that token only a select few can afford a higher education.
Mexico is an oligarchy plain and simple. 40 families rule that country and I've heard they're in bed with the drug cartel as well. My point being is when you have an oligarchy that pushes to have a virtually non-existent middle class you don't have a strong, stable economy. When you couple this with the fact they eat up that Free Trade nonsense that the WTO peddles, race to the bottom, everyone remaining in that middle class takes it on the chin or some other nation even worse than they are.
The one compliment I can't give enough to Central and South America is that while a lot of people may be poor down there they're much more active and conscious in regards to their food, in terms of concerns for GMO's.