Their movement is now fuelled by endemic corruption, political dysfunction and rising unemployment, inequality and poverty.
The transformation, however, has been accompanied by endemic corruption, environmental destruction, a widening income gap, and unravelling social services.
The country's problems are compounded by endemic corruption and ethnic violence.
Thai democracy was weakened by endemic corruption, including pretty blatant vote buying in rural areas.
Harsher measures can backfire, further radicalizing a population alienated by endemic poverty and corruption.
In a country scarred by endemic corruption and waste, relief funds and projects need to be carefully monitored.
Nepal, a country blessed with mountainous beauty but plagued by endemic poverty, has been reeling from violence for over a year.
Greece is characterised by endemic tax evasion, a poor tax collection infrastructure, parochial patronage policies, corruption and huge delays in the administrative courts dealing with tax disputes.
It is good that 70 Kurdish hostages were freed, but this whole region of northern Iraq remains paralysed by endemic warfare.
Other cables painted a hugely unflattering US view of Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, calling it a "virtual mafia state" in which officials, oligarchs and organised crime are bound together by endemic corruption and personal enrichment.
After 15 years of sustained growth, the Greek economy is expected to slide into a recession this year, exacerbated by endemic problems including a costly and ailing pension system.
