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Greg Grandin

Want to beat authoritarianism? Look to Latin America

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‘There is no other region of the world that so persistently continues to insist on taking the Enlightenment at its word.’ Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters

Inspiration on how to beat back authoritarianism is in short supply, but those searching for hope in these dark times might consider Latin America.

It’s not the first place that comes to mind when thinking about democracy, associated as it is with coups, death squads, dictatorships, inequality, drug violence and now a country, El Salvador, offering itself up to Donald Trump as an offshore prison colony for deportees.

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