Obedezco pero no cumplo. I obey but I don't carry out. The phrase in Mexico is associated with the colonial period when "Mexicans" would nod their heads in acceptance when an order arrived from Spain, but then simply ignore it. For Mexican society the saying still couldn't be more relevant: it still seeps through politics, families, religion and even sex.

Take the recent midterm elections. It's well known that the level of voter cynicism for Mexican politicians is legendary. Even people that actively support a party usually acknowledge the corruption that exists. Hardly an eyelid was batted at the May arrests of ?? mayors from all three of Mexico's major parties in the state of Michoacan with links to the drug cartel La Familia.

"They are all liars anyway," Mexicans say. "They promise to do this and that and then they never carry them out, unless there is an election coming up."

In protest, the owner of one pitbull mounted a campaign in Guadalajara to put forward his dog, Fidel, as a candidate declaring, "“It’s time to conquer prejudice and accept that Fidel will be a better governor than many of those suited men that only have their own interests at heart.”

The insinuation that the speechless dog makes as much sense as many of the candidates was obvious.

The candidate for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in Guadalajara, Miguel Galan, was Mexico's first ever OPENLY homosexual mayoral candidate, promising an overhaul with relations with the Catholic Church, the right to abortion should a woman decide and a school day timetable more fitting to allow woman with kids to work full time fared terribly and was attacked left, right and centre.