But corruption,unfortunately, has been a big part of the Mexican political system for a very long time."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

But as several analysts have stressed "eventually" can be a very long time.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"What we are seeing China is that wages are gradually converging to those levels in the U.S.and Europe, but this convergence is going to take a very long time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24