Honduran journalists say that most of the news media there are unabashedly partisan, allied with political parties and local power brokers.
Wedel explores the nontransparent ways in which, in her view, many of todays top power brokers operate.
Traditional regional power brokers also flocked to his government.
The mayor and other power brokers, of course, knew of strong general public opposition to subsidizing a new ballpark.
We must recognise that we are not by any means the chief power brokers in this situation.
She described opting out as breaking the shackles of the power brokers.
But as soon as the party elders thought their penance had been paid, they were quick to dump each of these caretakers, and replace them with real power brokers.
These managers became power brokers, courted by vanilla merchants and timber companies.