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This paper looks at the culture of fear within Guatemala, the challenges that south global nations face fighting corruption and the ugly linkages between corruption, democratic deficits, violence and narcotics trafficking in Mexico.

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"Guatemalans suffer under a "Culture of Fear". Define culture of fear and describes its origins in Guatemala as well as the effects on Guatemalan society (Use lecture on Guatemala among other sources). A: Before delving too deeply into the pervasive "culture of fear" which is presently undermining Guatemalan society, it is worth looking at the country's bloody 36 year-old civil war. To begin with, our course lecture notes indicate that the nation's colonial legacy, the extreme inequality of its economic structure, the exclusionary status of the state apparatus, deeply-ingrained racism and the political dynamics of the Cold War -..."

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