Originally Posted by
M.Mouse
There is a great deal of naivete displayed in many postings in this thread.
Anybody who has lived or worked in South America will know that the culture is very different regarding rules and authority. In Europe, USA, etc. there is a (broad) adherence to rules and regulations, not so in much of the rest of the world.
From the facts known so far none of them are that surprising to anybody with experience of working in South America.
That was what I was alluding to in my earlier post Mickey.