Haiti is not worse than Mexico in the bribery department from someone who has worked in both.
Bribery is a way of life in both nations.
One thing in Haitian favor is that the authorities are no longer complicit in murder-kidnapping rings as they are in Mexico.
Problem is there is not a whole heap of authority there.
Hi wardaddy.
I bow to your firsthand experience on the verdict.
I was recalling Duvalier’s ton ton macoutes of some years back and supposing that at a remnant,or the memory of that era still exerts moral (amoral) influence. I also wonder if Islamists have any influence there.
I also discounted much of Mexico’s corruption thinking it limited to the northern border and connected to the drug cartels— to my mind a superimposed second government. But I guess a seperate, independent governing hierarchy is one definition of corruption.
I do take issue on one point: this seems more than mere bribery; it seems more like an officially sanctioned hostage for ransom scenario.