Since 2010, #ViktorOrbán has steadily eroded Hungary’s #ruleoflaw while rewarding a small circle of allies with lucrative state contracts. Anti-corruption watchdogs have described his selfdescribed “national system of co-operation” as classic state capture by a #kleptocraticelite on.ft.com/3LatlYK

Cuba’s Mafia State | Journal of Democracy When the Soviet Union fell, Cuba did not democratize but instead was turned into a raw kleptocracy by Communist Party insiders. Decades later, this “mafia” has driven the country into the worst crisis...

#Cuba’s collapse is not due to the U.S. embargo but to its overlooked transition into a #mafia state.

A GAESA has quietly #privatized Cubas most lucrative enterprises, siphoning billions abroad while citizens lack food, medicine, & services.

(Similar to what Trump is doing.)

#kleptocraticelite