Andrew Downie

Latin America in crisis again

Will Grant describes how one country after another has reverted to brutal dictatorship since the economic meltdown of 2008

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez shut down opposition and perverted elections to get his own way. Credit: Getty Images

  • ¡Populista! The Rise of Latin America’s 21st-century Strongman

    Will Grant

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