SARAH HOYT: IF THE EPITHET FITS, WEAR IT.

You don’t like to be called a sh*thole? Very well. Stop being one. Give less consideration to your “image” in the world and more to how your country functions. Stop the corruptocracy. Enforce honesty and the rule of law. Reform your schools. Stop the rampaging of the drug lords.

Might even find a lot of your “bad luck” coming to end as a well, as a bonus dividend.