[FreePaul]

Why is it more threatening now than in the last few hundred years? People know about it, accept it, expect it, pay it, profit by it. Maybe it is just more open in Latin America. Here we use lobbyists to pass money to our elected officials so it becomes more sanitary. Doesn't it?

[GSlob]

You are right. It is part and parcel of Latin America's civilizational identity -"Latin Americity". Remove it by a magic wand - and you'll depopulate a continent.