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Neither Mexico nor "South American countries" (which ones? That sounds like an incorrect blanket generalization) are "failed states".
by the_af 5y ago
Neither Mexico nor "South American countries" (which ones? That sounds like an incorrect blanket generalization) are "failed states".
- qshaman 5y agoMexico is literally run by narcos, and the government can't do anything about it. A failed state? depends on your definition of it, a narco state?, for sure. - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/19/mexico-amlo-el-chapo-son-release https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/19/mexico-amlo-el...
- handrous 5y agoMexico might qualify, in that the de jure government comes nowhere near having 100% de facto control of its territory, and doesn't appear to be on a path to reaching such a point, either.