AQ Podcast | Bukelismo Rising: Security Versus Freedom In Latin America
HRW's Tamara Taraciuk Broner on why many in the region see El Salvador's hard line as a model to emulate, and how to counter this trend.
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele's hard-line security policies have contributed to a dramatic decline in homicides and extortion in El Salvador, but at a very high cost to human rights and democratic freedoms. Despite that, many in the region see this as a model to emulate and are vowing to implement similar policies. Is Bukelismo the wave of the future throughout the region How should those who disagree with Bukele's strategy react and provide an antidote within the boundaries of the rule of law Tamara Taraciuk Broner, deputy Americas director at Human Rights Watch, answers these and other...
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