not have your heart be absolutely crushed
I believe the “culture of corruption”, the Mordida, the bribe is the problem. As I said. If you have not lived there you cannot understand how deeply entrenched this is. Every aspect of life has to accomadate the Mordida. Americans (USA gringos) can not understand what this is like. There is literally nothing you can do without getting hit for a bribe. I don’t believe they understand just how much of a drag on their economy this is.