Down in Mexico, they call bribes "mordidas."  It literally means "bites," like mosquito or dog bites. It's part of the daily conversation.  I can remember many times hearing a Mexican friend boast – and I mean proudly boast – about "la mordida" that he had just paid at a federal agency or to the policeman over a traffic violation. As I remember, he felt that he was helping the poorly paid policeman with a bribe.  I remember another one telling me it was a matter of duty paying off a bureaucrat.  He said he paid off the "expletive deleted" government official. It was funny, but not really funny! We just learned (thanks to our friend Monica Showalter) that El Chapo allegedly had some business dealings with then-mayor of Mexico City Andrés López-Obrador. I just called a Mexican friend in Mexico City, and he said something like the PG version of "no...(Read Full Post)