re: Why is Mexico a failed country?

My point is, that after a couple centuries, if your country is still a failure then your citizens probably don't care. And if they don't care, why should we?

We are a model of government that they can see. If they wanted to join the first world, there are obvious changes they can make. If they don't want to, fine. By why should we subsidize failure?

Mexico is a Naro-State. Once the drug kingpins have as much money as does the State...they can buy the State Authorities. Or threaten them and family with sure death. Have you watched those Drug Cartel beheading videos, BC? You WILL NOT forget them.

Many Mexicans despise 'Gringos', for various reasons. A lot because of how they view the historical Texas/California annexation/conquest. So they abandoned morality, and winked and nodded when drugs were sold north of the Border...and money came back to their own communities. But they created a monster that they no longer can control.

Trump may just be their best chance to destroy this 'monster'. Not without suffering though.

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Why is Mexico a failed country?

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While "failed country" is a pretty broad classification, your question has merit.

To narrow it down to a single answer, though, would be absurd. It's a host of factors and issues, dating back to its formation and colonization. Internal strife, areas of vast wealth difference, etc.

But if you really want a single event, the best place to look is the presidency of Santa Anna, and in more modern times the 1982 economic crisis that obliterated their economy. Honestly, after the 1982 crisis Mexico has only been a shell of its former self.

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The only strong national leader that I am aware of in Mexican History that survived multiple decades is De Santa Anna.

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Mexico has a long history of their Presidents being assassinated in the 20th century dating back to 1913.

It seems the most dangerous job in Mexico.

It isn't. Also, the cartels are created and maintained to keep the flow of drugs into the U.S. So, you could just as easily ask, Why has America screwed up Mexico so much?

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It isn't. Also, the cartels are created and maintained to keep the flow of drugs into the U.S. So, you could just as easily ask, Why has America screwed up Mexico so much?

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If the number one source of income in your country is remittances from citizens who have left, then your country is a failure.

If America has a hand in their failure, then perhaps we need to stop. I assume you are pro-wall by your response.

It's not really a failed state in the traditional sense of the term. It's in that bucket of large middle-ish income countries with places like Russia and Argentina and Iran that have some economic power and productivity but are just crippled by corruption. Northern Mexico and parts of western Mexico are out of control, but the whole country isn't like that. They also have some serious class mobility issues (like pretty much everywhere else in Latin America) that are pretty much absent in the United States.

Yes, Mexico should be given an ultimatum: Here is a blueprint to turn your country around. Here is a timetable to implement these changes. Do this, or we are done supporting your bad habits.

The rich people take care of themselves and their ilk. Instead of the govt making it an equal playing field for all, they decided to keep the power and resources for themselves instead of giving it to the people. Pancho villa tried, and he was the last one to really make a difference.

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not even remotely true

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It's more than remotely true. Foreign remittances accounted for 3% of the Mexican GDP and in 2015 overtook oil as the single largest sector of the Mexican economy.