Marginalized groups

Jana Morgan’s analysis of voting preferences between men and women was very insightful. Throughout Latin America, we have seen the rise of women presidential candidates on the ballot. What really stood out for me in the article was when Morgan stated: “Women do…

Clientelism and Mexico’s poor population

Clientelism allows patrons to control population behaviors by filtering information that is available to them. Due to the limited amount of information, the poor are unaware of the other resources and therefore feel like they are making the best decision…

Is Latin America’s inequality based on their lack of investment in education?

While inequality seems to be inevitable across the globe, Latin America seems to be the most unequal. Although there are several factors that contribute to Latin America’s high inequality rate, Fukuyama argues that one of the reasons why Latin America has stagnated is because they struggle to…