Guatemala's presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador's leader
Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial success into the race. They promise voters they will build mega-prisons, remove uncompliant judges and hammer gangs into submission. For citizens across Latin America, that formula should sound familiar. El Salvador’s tough talking, Bitcoin-loving President Nayib Bukele enjoys approval ratings the envy of any world leader even a year after suspending key rights to wage war against its gangs. His popularity has not gone unnoticed in Guatemala... Читать дальше...