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President Nayib Bukele’s much-applauded Territorial Control Plan (PCT), the Salvadoran government gang-control plan, marches forward under the cover of the novel coronavirus. While details still remain unclear, PCT is focused on bolstering security presence in ungovernable…
After the Sandinista revolutionary government was voted out of power in 1990, Nicaragua mostly flew under the international radar. On the infrequent occasions that foreign media spotlighted the…
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I turn on the television. Massive protests in Chile calling for fundamental political reforms; Constitutional crisis in Peru as President Vizcarra dissolves congress; Dangerous showdown in…
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In summer 2019, as part of my doctoral research, I asked a retired Brazilian politician about the adoption of a constitutional provision to require candidates for political office to belong to one of the country’s political parties. As one of the leaders of the democratic forces…
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Twenty years ago, Mario Vargas Llosa called Mexico “the perfect dictatorship.” Today, Mexico is no longer ruled by a one-party regime, but it is still is far from being the epitome of Ancient…
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