Because nothing of the sort would be possible without the complicity of the Mexican comprador elites–Fox is a prime example; CEO’s of foreign corporations are prime examples; Calderon is a prime example. Where you see privatization in favor of vast corporations, there is a prime example. These are the ones who betray their people for money and power. People don’t interest them in the least. Power and wealth are what interest them. Mexico has no monopoly on the breed, to be sure, but Mexico is a profoundly corrupt country. Profoundly corrupt. Of course, the US is as well. But this article is about Mexico. American expats in Mexico too often have an unintelligent and sentimentalist view of Mexico.