Reddit reviews Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States

Here I'd like to recommend a book about why Mexico being a shit hole isn't the fault of the US:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0199754195?pc_redir=1398388753&robot_redir=1

TL; DR Latin America isn't as developed as the US mostly because of your own endemic corruption, which has stifled business opportunities and investment for more than a century.

I know this is Polandball and all, but let's face it: Latinos looooooove to blame the US like it's somehow our fault most of them are third world countries. When, in fact, it isn't. Get your shit together already.