Walmart Ducked Mexican Laws via Rampant Bribery

Newser ^ | Dec. 18, 2012 | Matt Cantor

[elpadre]

Does anyone know of any major company doing business south of the border that doesn't have to do the same thing?? If you want to do business down there be prepared to pay graft. It has been that way from the beginning.

[AuntB]

“Can you do business in Mexico without bribes?”

I don’t see how. Pretty soon we’ll be saying that about this once good nation.

[willyd]

Just ask the oil companies what they pay to drill in Nigeria or South America. It would literally amaze you. They do it in the form of outreach programs...but it is still cash in cash out at the end of the day.

[Ge0ffrey]

Carlos Slim from Mexico, the richest man in the world, partially owns the NY Times. Did the Times article mention this? Is Wal Mart a competitor to monopolist Slim? What’s the rest of the story?

[PUGACHEV]

You can’t get a telephone installed without one.