Think kidnapping is bad in Somalia? It's worse in Mexico!

[Rocko]

Here's a dirty little secret for y'all.

All those third world nations where regulations are low and taxes are low?

Crime is high. And kidnapping is a cottage industry.

Good job boys.

you just hit a new low.

 

[GHook93]

The Dominican Republic is quite a successful country.

What is your definition of successful. The most successful in Latin America is Chile (more than Brazil).

Somalia, Haiti, and Colombia have no markets, free or otherwise.

Somalia doesn't even have a government! I don't know much about Haiti, other than they killed every white Frenchmen on the Island and were the 2nd independent country in Western Hemisphere after the US and still can not put together any kind of economy!

Colombia is a very free market country, with a thriving economy (despite the decades long struggle against the communist/socialist seeking to take over the country). It's rght behind Chile and Brazil and right there with Mexico in top L.A. economies

Forbes: Chile, Peru, Colombia, best countries for business in Latin America — MercoPress

When Zimbabwe was Rhodesia it was the breadbasket of Africa. Enough food was produced in Rhodesia to feed the entire continent AND export. In 1979 the international community backed the native population to end white rule and free markets. How well has that worked out?

Zimbabwae is also a sad story that the world shouldn't ignore black on white racism either. Zimbabwae used to be the one country in Africa peopel said look economies can make it there, now they are the worst! Go figure.

South Africa sinked in a similar fashion!

Socialism doesn't work. It has never worked. The end result of socialism is Greece, Italy, Spain, soon to be followed by England and France, perhaps the United States as well.

You are painting all these countries with a broad brush. Liberal policies don't work. England and France will make it. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Israel and Germany have some socialist aspects (esp Sweden and Norway), but none are close to folding anytime soon and all are growing rapidly!

 

[Sallow]

The more socialist a country is, the more crime they have. Self-evident.

Oh yeah..Swizterland, Sweden, Germany, England, France and Japan..

All cesspools of crime.

Unlike free market places like Somalia, Haiti, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

Safe places to live.

Colombia has one of the best economies in Latin America! The reason they have such crime is because of LEFTIST douche bags terrorist trying to overrun country. They used to be funded heavily by the Soviets, now they have the kidnap and drug trade!

It's "safe" now because they re-introduced the notion of para-military types running around and killing people after hours. They've even chased kids into the sewers where many of them now live.

They even managed to kill the head of the opposition. But the rebels are starting to make a come back.

Unless reforms come with the crack down..you watch..

 

[GHook93]

Forbes: Chile, Peru, Colombia, best countries for business in Latin America — MercoPress

Is the ease of doing business in a country important for the economy? For employment? For GDP? The answer to all those questions is YES! If you say NO, then your in the same type to stupid class as PF Tinmore! Just saying.

Who is at the top Denmark, Hong Kong and New Zealand! All countries with low unemployment, high per capitia income and thriving economies.

Who were the best in Latin America: Chile, Peru and Colombia. These are all the countries have rapidly growing economies and Chile can be considered a 1st world nation. They are all highly capitialistic and free market based economies. Countries that are reducing regulations and opening up to trade. They are the role models for Latin America!

Which country rates 128 out of 129! Venezuela! This is a DIRECT EFFECT of HUGO FAT-ASS'S POLICIES! Cancer needs to take his life or he needs to be removed from power!


The US fell from 2 to 9 by the way. OUCH!

 

[GHook93]

Oh yeah..Swizterland, Sweden, Germany, England, France and Japan..

All cesspools of crime.

Unlike free market places like Somalia, Haiti, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

Safe places to live.

Colombia has one of the best economies in Latin America! The reason they have such crime is because of LEFTIST douche bags terrorist trying to overrun country. They used to be funded heavily by the Soviets, now they have the kidnap and drug trade!

It's "safe" now because they re-introduced the notion of para-military types running around and killing people after hours. They've even chased kids into the sewers where many of them now live.

They even managed to kill the head of the opposition. But the rebels are starting to make a come back.

Unless reforms come with the crack down..you watch..

Facts mean little to you. You hate Colombia, because they have done it without your communist ideology! They are similar to Venezuela in size and population minus Venezuela's oil of course. But one is the 4th largest economy in Latin America and one is the armpit of Latin America! One expects a 5.5% growth the other hasn't seen growth in years!

Colombia's Economy May Grow Faster-Than-Expected 5.5% in 2011, Uribe Says - Bloomberg
Colombian central bank President Jose Dario Uribe said the country’s economy may expand as much as 5.5 percent in 2011, more than policy makers had been projecting, as strong expansion in credit and consumer confidence create “perfect” conditions for growth.

The central bank late last year forecast 2011 economic growth of 4.5 percent, though this could be revised in the bank’s next quarterly inflation report to be published in roughly three weeks, Uribe said in an interview in Washington on April 16.

Latin America’s fourth-largest economy will be running close to full capacity in the second half of 2011, Uribe said, after expanding 4.3 percent in 2010. Last year’s jump in gross domestic product was the biggest since 2007, when annual growth rose to a decade high of 6.9 percent

Colombia's Economy May Grow Faster-Than-Expected 5.5% in 2011, Uribe Says - Bloomberg
“I see the Colombian economy in a perfect situation, on a very stable and very sustainable path,” said Uribe, who has a doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studied alongside Alexandre Tombini, the president of Brazil’s central bank.

SCT - Shopping Centers Today Online
Colombia’s economy is growing at its fastest rate in three decades, and the retail industry is rapidly expanding with it. All of this is providing much to celebrate at the 14th annual Shopping Centers Convention & Symposium, in Cartagena, Colombia.

The economy grew 6.8 percent last year, its healthiest rate since 1978, while retail sales jumped 14.1 percent over the previous year, said officials from Fenalco, Colombia’s retail trade group. The organization and ICSC co-sponsored the event, which took place April 23-24.

An estimated 60 shopping centers are in the design or construction stage and set to join the 300 or so malls already open across the country. During the past two years alone, 40 malls were built in Colombia, the second most populous country in South America after Brazil.

Colombia boasts a population of 42.6 million. “Colombians are investing because we see the possibility of recovering our investments during the next years,” said Guillermo Botero, president of Fenalco. “There is trust in the country, its institutions and our president, Álvaro Uribe. Thanks to his work style, during the past four years we have had economic growth, reduced unemployment and poverty and democratic security.”

Colombia’s political and economic stability is encouraging foreign investment. Falabella, the Chilean department store chain, has entered the market, as have Spanish retailers Mango and Zara. But though retail sales are strong and malls have a high occupancy rate, there is a risk of saturation, particularly in such cities as Medellín, where new malls are being built across the street from existing ones, sources say.

Face it you been owned spanky! Comparing Venezuela to Colombia, Peru or Chile. Is like comparing the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees!

 

[Ropey]

Oh yeah..Swizterland, Sweden, Germany, England, France and Japan..

All cesspools of crime.

Unlike free market places like Somalia, Haiti, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

Safe places to live.

Colombia has one of the best economies in Latin America! The reason they have such crime is because of LEFTIST douche bags terrorist trying to overrun country. They used to be funded heavily by the Soviets, now they have the kidnap and drug trade!

It's "safe" now because they re-introduced the notion of para-military types running around and killing people after hours. They've even chased kids into the sewers where many of them now live.

They even managed to kill the head of the opposition. But the rebels are starting to make a come back.

Unless reforms come with the crack down..you watch..

You don't have to watch closely. It will be coming to media outlets close to you.

Shoot to Kill - Colombian Crackdown

I mean, they're making games about this.

 

[waltky]

Stay away from Acapulco...

Armed gang rapes 6 Spanish tourists in Mexico
Feb 5,`13 -- Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort.

The vicious, hours-long attack occurred before dawn Monday at a house that six Spanish men, six Spanish women and a Mexican woman had rented on a quiet, idyllic stretch of beach on the outskirts of Acapulco. The attackers gained access to the house because two of the Spaniards were in the yard and apparently were forced to open the door, said Acapulco Mayor Luis Walton at a press conference late Monday. The five attackers burst into the house and held the group at gunpoint, he said. They tied up the six men with phone cords and bathing suit straps and then raped the six Spanish women. The Mexican woman was not raped.

The attack began about two hours after midnight Monday and the victims were only able to report the crime five hours later, at nearly seven in the morning. "This is a regrettable situation, and of course it is going to damage Acapulco," Walton said. The once-glittering resort that attracted movie stars and celebrities in the 1950s and 60s has already been battered by years of drug gang killings and extortions, but except for very few incidents, the violence has not touched tourists.

Walton said he believed, but wasn't sure, that the assailants in Monday's attack didn't belong to a drug gang. Guerrero state Attorney General Martha Garzon Guzman said witness descriptions of the attackers were more difficult to obtain because they wore masks. "From what the attorney general has told me, I don't think this was organized crime," Walton said. "But that will have to be investigated, we don't know." Mexico's Foreign Relations Department issued a statement saying it regretted the attack, and suggesting it was not drug-cartel related. "Up to now, the investigations are being carried out by local authorities and they will be the ones to provide information," the statement said. In Mexico, federal authorities investigate drug-related crimes.

Security and drug analyst Jorge Chabat said that, after years of drug gang activity in Acapulco, the distinction may be merely semantic. "At this point, the line between common and organized crime is very tenuous, there are a lot of these gangs that take advantage of the unsafe situation that currently exists, they know the government can't keep up," Chabat said. "Everything points to this being organized crime, because several gangs have operated there for years ... it's probably not the big cartels, but there are smaller groups that carry out crimes on a permanent basis."

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[GHook93]

last night on the news, they said the state department has issued warnings....

Do not go more then two blocks from your hotel. Do not travel away from your resort.



here is the newest state department warnings about travel to mexico.

Mexico

I just got back from Mexico (Puerta Vallarat). I went to the city often, hung out with locals. Met a local girl that took me deep into the barrio (I will admit if I wasn't with her I would have been pretty frightened). I wasn't scared the entire time. Felt pretty safe. Now this is a resort area and a tourista cuidad, so that is different then say Mexico City, but I still felt safe the entire time and had zero close calls!

 

[GHook93]

Venezuela has some of the most restrictive regulations in the world! I have recently studied many of Mexico's privacy laws for my job, they have some of the most restrictive laws on record. Both countries are HIGHLY regulated countries!

Who you trying to crap douche bag?

Here's a dirty little secret for y'all.

All those third world nations where regulations are low and taxes are low?

Crime is high. And kidnapping is a cottage industry.

Good job boys.

Crap what?

You don't know what the fuck you are talking about..ever.

I've been to Mexico. If you own a business you can do what ever you want.

The richest man in the world..lives where? Oh yeah..Mexico.

#1 Carlos Slim Helu & family - Forbes.com

This is the society you assholes want.

Fast growing middle class in the world. Ease to open and run a business. Yet they are very restrictive on say guns ownership, privacy laws, data sharing, finance and immigration.

Mexico has a lot for us to envy at the moment!

 

[waltky]

Mexican mayor worried `bout how it's gonna affect tourism...

Mexico seeks culprits in rape of 6 Spaniards
Feb 6,`13 -- Armed, masked men who raped six Spanish tourists in the Mexican resort of Acapulco spared the lone Mexican woman in the group because of her nationality, adding yet another macabre twist to the case that has further hurt the resort's already battered reputation.

It was unclear whether the group of 12 Spaniards who fell prey to the attack had been targeted because of their nationality in the three-hour ordeal at a rented house on a tranquil beach dotted with restaurants, small hotels and rental homes. Most of the six men and six women live in Mexico City and were vacationing in Acapulco. The five attackers burst into the house and held the group at gunpoint, said Acapulco Mayor Luis Walton. They tied up the six men with phone cords and bathing suit straps and then raped the six Spanish women. Walton said the Spaniards had been "escorted," apparently under police protection, out of Acapulco on Tuesday.

Guerrero state Attorney General Martha Garzon told local media that the attackers' motive was "robbery, and to have fun," and they drank mescal they found at the house after committing the rapes. The lone Mexican woman, who's married to one of the Spaniards, "was saved by the fact that she is Mexican." "She says she identified herself to the (attackers) and asked not to be raped, and they told her that she had passed the test by being Mexican and they didn't touch her," Garzon told Radio Formula. While some Mexicans harbor resentment against Spaniards dating to colonial times, the Spaniards may have been targeted for other reasons, like their appearance or possessions.

Authorities and residents of Acapulco struggled to come to terms with the attack and its near-certain effect on the area's tourism industry, amid concerns that such violence could affect the draw of other, safer Mexican resorts. Walton rushed to apologize Wednesday for his comment from Monday that "this happens everywhere in the world, not just in Acapulco or in Mexico." "I apologize for having said that," he said Wednesday. "Of course this worries us and we don't want anything like this to happen in Acapulco or anywhere else in the world." He added, "We know this is going to affect our tourism."

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[waltky]

Acapulco was once the playground of the rich and famous...

Mexican rapes: 'I wish I didn't know the details'
8 February 2013 - Police are searching for masked gunmen who raped six Spanish women in a rented beach house near the Mexican holiday resort of Acapulco, after tying up their Spanish male companions. It's a crime that has shocked many who thought they knew Mexico well.

Even in a country where brutality has become the norm, this story hit many people hard. I think it was the inherent familiarity of the sort of trip the group of tourists were on. In fact, they were not exactly tourists, rather young expats trying to make a future for themselves in Mexico City. Like so many people do in this country, the group of 13 friends decided to make the most of the Bank Holiday weekend - or puente as it is called in Latin America - by heading down to the beach. They had hired a house near Acapulco, in a place called Playa Bonfil, probably the nearest decent coastal zone to Mexico City, where the chaos of the capital can be escaped for a few days.

Later, pictures of the house they had stayed in appeared in the press. Somehow the rooms seemed very familiar. The 1970s decor and cheap artwork on the walls reminded me of 100 different rooms I have stayed in - sometimes in beach resorts - in Mexico and Central America. But these photos showed the signs of a struggle - pillows tossed to one side, mattresses stripped of their bedclothes, cigarette butts on the floor where the armed men had discarded them as they carried out their acts of violence. Mexico City is huge, but the Spanish community here is relatively small. There are only about 90,000 Spaniards in the whole country.

I met one of the young Spanish lads who was there, in the beach house at Acapulco that night. Helpless, his hands tied by a mobile phone cord, he watched the horror unfold in front of his eyes. And a friend of mine was supposed to go on the same beach trip. The fact that - at the last minute - she had to work that weekend, may have saved her from an experience from which she might never have recovered. So these friends were simply relaxing at the house late on Sunday night when hell was unleashed. I know details about this story I wish I didn't. I know things that are keeping me, and the others who know them, awake at night and preying on our minds. One can only imagine what it is doing to those who lived through them.

Acapulco is, of course, famous as the getaway of the Hollywood stars of the 1940s and 50s. A hotel owned by Tarzan the Ape Man, Johnny Weissmuller, was regularly frequented by John Wayne, Errol Flynn, Cary Grant and Tyrone Power. More recently, as the drugs war in Mexico has intensified, this resort and its surrounding beaches have generally been seen as safe. I stayed in a house near the famous Acapulco cliff divers in 2005 just as the violence in the region was beginning, and I wondered what all the fuss was about. When friends of mine came to visit, we drove down to the Pacific coast. By mistake we came off the road too early, before Acapulco, and found ourselves in the mountains of Guerrero state. Rather than turn round, it seemed quicker and easier to keep driving. The road would eventually reach the coast again, and we would be on our way again.

BBC News - Mexican rapes: 'I wish I didn't know the details'

 

[waltky]

5 suspects arrested in rapes of Spanish tourists...

Official: 5 suspects arrested in Mexico tourist rapes
February 11, 2013 - 50 investigators are working the case; An official says investigators are pursuing strong leads; Six Spanish women were allegedly raped

Mexican authorities are holding five suspects in connection with the alleged rapes of six Spanish tourists in Acapulco, Guerrero state Gov. Angel Aguirre Rivero said Sunday. The state attorney general has not yet released any information on the suspects or where they're being held, prompting demonstrations by family members concerned about their whereabouts. Fifty investigators have been dedicated to the case. The six women were among 14 people victimized by hooded gunmen who burst into a beach bungalow in the resort town before dawn February 4. There are seven suspects between the ages of 20 and 30, lead investigator Marcos Juarez said.

In addition to the rapes, the men stole cell phones, iPads and tennis shoes from the victims, investigators said. Investigators believe the victims bought drugs from one or more of the suspects a day or two earlier, and that the victims knew the suspects, Juarez said last week. The Spanish nationals range from ages 20 to 34 and are under the protection of Mexican authorities in Mexico City. Seven men who were with the group were tied up with cell phone cables and bikini straps while the gunmen assaulted the six women, officials said.

A seventh woman, a Mexican, was spared because of her nationality, Guerrero state Attorney General Martha Garzon said in a radio interview Wednesday. "She has said that she identified herself to the men and asked them not to rape her," Garzon told Radio Formula. "And they told her that she had 'passed the test' by being Mexican, and from that point they don't touch her." The gunmen's motive was robbery and "to have some fun," as they saw it, Garzon said. They do not appear to be a part of organized crime, officials said. Military checkpoints have been set up to apprehend the suspects. As they sift through evidence, investigators have cordoned off the area around the bungalow, which is in Playa Encantada.

Last year, the city of Acapulco attracted half a million tourists -- most of them Mexicans. Mexico's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Spanish tourists received consular aid after the incident. The U.S. State Department says "resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico generally do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major trafficking routes." But the agency adds that resort city bars, including those in Acapulco, can be "havens for drug dealers and petty criminals."

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