Slimlandia
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Proper noun[edit]
Slimlandia
- (informal) Mexico, in which much of the economy and daily life is controlled by tycoon Carlos Slim Helú.
- 2010 March 12, Tom Leonard, “Meet Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world”, in The Daily Telegraph[1]:
- Through a sprawling empire of more than 200 companies – he has said he has "lost count" exactly how many – which encompass banking, retail, airlines, mining, printing, construction, restaurants and particularly telecoms, he has developed an economic stranglehold on his native country so vice-like that a new word – Slimlandia – had to be created to describe it.
References[edit]
- Meet Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world The Daily Telegraph, 2010-03-12.
- Carlos Slim Helu: In the money, but who would know it? The Guardian, 2010-03-13.