There's NAFTA, but then there's gangland cartel shit. Borders the US, but is culturally and linguistically more in line with southern neighbors.

  • Qelp [they/them,she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I’ve heard the terms core, semi-periphery, and periphery used. US is a core country, Mexico is a semi-periphery country due to the fact that they’ve definitely more developed than a lot of other countries, and Guatemala would be a periphery country.