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Eureka Putri Taju, A., & Saadah, K. (2023). Corruption in Mexico and Vaccine Refusal. KnE Social Sciences, 8(3), 11–21. https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v8i3.12812

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  • Atalia Eureka Putri Taju

    Atalia Eureka Putri Taju

    Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
  • Kholifatus Saadah

    Kholifatus Saadah

    Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7341-9932

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  • Feb 24, 2023

Corruption in Mexico and Vaccine Refusal

KnE Social Sciences / International Conference on Politics, Social, and Humanities Sciences (2nd ICPSH 2022) / Pages 11–21

Abstract

Mexico has a history of power struggles and a culture of bad governance. Corruption in Mexico is deeply rooted and very difficult to deal with. This culture is fully supported by most politicians and people in various sectors. Mexico is trapped in a long-term case of corruption that has become a political system normalized by its citizens. This article explores the dynamics of corruption cases in Latin America. This article explains the level of corruption, the type of corruption, and its causes. Corruption continues to run rampant because people live in accordance with it. The best solution to overcome this problem is to overthrow the regime. Mexico’s anti-corruption law has been ineffective. Furthermore, high corruption has built distrust in society, which makes the refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine.


Keywords: corruption, Mexico, culture, Latin America

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