Latin America Is Slipping Back into Strongman Rule
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-30/nicaragua-election-latin-america-is-slipping-back-into-strongman-rule
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-30/nicaragua-election-latin-america-is-slipping-back-into-strongman-rule
Politics in the Time of Corona
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-06/latin-american-politics-in-the-time-of-corona
Niall Ferguson observes:
“The real political problem in Latin America is that the elites in most countries have proved — over the 200 years since they gained their independence from Spain and Portugal — remarkably reluctant or simply unable to address the problems of the lower classes.
Sometimes the illiberal right wins, sometimes the radical left. In the latter case, eventually, the right is restored to power and sets about turning back the clock. Then, rinse and repeat”.
The Brazilianization of the World
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/05/the-brazilianization-of-the-world/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/world/americas/peru-election.html
Related:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/04/peru-president-election-polarization-castillo-fujimori/
Jair Bolsonaro is facing a political reckoning in
Brazil. How far will it go?
https://www.vox.com/2021/6/4/22456981/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-impeachment-protests-coronavirus
El Salvador’s façade of democracy crumbles as
president purges his political opponents
https://theconversation.com/el-salvadors-facade-of-democracy-crumbles-as-president-purges-his-political-opponents-161781
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-06/latin-american-politics-in-the-time-of-corona
Niall Ferguson observes:
“The real political problem in Latin America is that the elites in most countries have proved — over the 200 years since they gained their independence from Spain and Portugal — remarkably reluctant or simply unable to address the problems of the lower classes.
Sometimes the illiberal right wins, sometimes the radical left. In the latter case, eventually, the right is restored to power and sets about turning back the clock. Then, rinse and repeat”.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/05/the-brazilianization-of-the-world/
Latin America Leads Revolt Against Free-Market
Growth Model
https://www.wsj.com/articles/latin-america-leads-revolt-against-free-market-growth-model-11622645517
https://www.wsj.com/articles/latin-america-leads-revolt-against-free-market-growth-model-11622645517
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/world/americas/peru-election.html
Related:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/04/peru-president-election-polarization-castillo-fujimori/
https://www.vox.com/2021/6/4/22456981/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-impeachment-protests-coronavirus
https://theconversation.com/el-salvadors-facade-of-democracy-crumbles-as-president-purges-his-political-opponents-161781