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b_b · 339 days ago · link · · parent · post: Just wonderin if anyone else is paying attention to El Salvador cause that shit is wack!
Sounds similar to the Duterte model in the Philippines. Some talking heads lately have been questioning the State department’s insistence on democratic reforms in exchange for aid. The thinking basically goes that the Cold War is back with a vengeance, so we’d be naive not to cozy up to dictators like we used to with regularity so long as they were against the USSR. In the end, we all want the same thing, which is safety and prosperity for our families, so it’s pretty easy to see why these gang busters in Latin America have so much appeal.