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AnimeIsTrash posted:Not sure why that would matter. They've been accusing him of being one almost his entire presidency. Yeah that's for sure but it makes it harder for the narrative to stick imo. By insisting on a midterm referendum and winning it overwhelmingly he's proactively counteracting the typical cycle where leftist leaders who win democratic elections get accused of turning authoritarian and enacting policies that wouldn't be democratically popular in "free and fair" elections.
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not sure I understand amlo's failed electoral reform bid. all I can tell is that it would enable the direct election of election officials, which isn't what I think of with the phrase 'electoral reform'
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vyelkin posted:Very smart of AMLO to wait until shortly after winning his referendum before doing all this stuff so that it's harder to claim that he's being an undemocratic dictator. I get the feeling this won't stop him from being called a dictator
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Anyways if anyone wants to see a good documentary about some of the CIA/US and the Cartels Private Network: Who Killed Manuel Buendía? is a solid documentary on netflix. There is also Eclipse of the Assassins if you're gay and like to read.
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Atrocious Joe posted:https://twitter.com/ProgIntl/status/1517893140677599232?s=20&t=3cL5d0uW7fvc7SIliRavJQ The commander Eduardo Zapateiro got angry because Petro claimed that some generals are in the pockets of the cartel Clan del Golfo, firing back with an accusation that Petro himself had received money illicitly. This military official in particular is known for being politically outspoken where he shouldn't be. For Petro's part he's built a reputation denouncing corrupt politicians, even including those within his own political affiliations. In fact, following the letter of the law, Zapateiros's comments violate articles of the Constitution guaranteeing the impartiality of public servants and military in elections and thus should lead to his destitution. However, nothing will happen because even the president Duque has made attacks against Petro during the campaign, and Petro was his principal rival in the previous election. E: more detailed summary of the article, had to wait for servers to come back on America Inc. has issued a correction as of 08:53 on Apr 24, 2022 |
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I lol that OAS is headquartered in the U.S.
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Cool, MAS is expanding government sectors again: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1517492581260795905
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punk rebel ecks posted:I lol that OAS is headquartered in the U.S. The US isn't part of it though. Nothing to do with OAS. Nope nothing at all.
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punk rebel ecks posted:Cool, MAS is expanding government sectors again: wow a country actually thinking ahead to what's going to happen with food production in a climate change future. loving incredible
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Dreylad posted:wow a country actually thinking ahead to what's going to happen with food production in a climate change future. loving incredible That's authoritarianism
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Popy posted:doing good things is undemocratic and authoritarian promising to improve people's lives and then following through is counter to liberal democratic principles
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punk rebel ecks posted:I lol that OAS is headquartered in the U.S. The founding member of the "Lima Group" is Canada. If you check out the wikipedia page for the LG, the "background" section is a long diatribe blaming Maduro for establishing its necessity with Canada magically being one of the declarative founders in 2017 despite being the odd man out, continentally. Mexico was also a founding member but they left under AMLO. It's all Canada's baby. Atrocious Joe posted:promising to improve people's lives and then following through is counter to liberal democratic principles It doesn't count if the people didn't spontaneously improve their own lives.
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SorePotato posted:That's authoritarianism If you think about it it involves an authority so this is true
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Atrocious Joe posted:promising to improve people's lives and then following through is counter to liberal democratic principles it's basically bribery, the only truly democratic thing to do is promise to improve people's lives and then once elected actually give all their money to rich people
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authoritarianism > democracy, thats just facts
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well he did win the ref so clearly, it's authoritarian democratic populism
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vyelkin posted:it's basically bribery, the only truly democratic thing to do is promise to improve people's lives and then once elected actually give all their money to rich people no, you vote for your betters because they deserve it. them giving your money to rich people is more coincidental
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punk rebel ecks posted:I lol that OAS is headquartered in the U.S. 
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mission of el salvador hmm what is that never mind I don’t want to know
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Centrist Committee posted:mission of el salvador hmm what is that never mind I don’t want to know its their dedicated office at the OAS
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How's that grilled cheese bar.
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Pablo Nergigante posted:How's that grilled cheese bar. 
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thinking about 15 dollar grilled cheeses and recoiling in horror
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on their website i was able to make one for $18
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When you're a millionaire senator even your grilled cheese sandwiches are gourmet
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https://twitter.com/ricardovalp/status/1518258563423952896 What's going on in El Salvador?
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AnimeIsTrash posted:https://twitter.com/ricardovalp/status/1518258563423952896 El Salvador had had a miraculous decrease in crime over the years. The governments attributed this due to their new policies and police tactics. In reality they were literally just paying the gangs with taxpayer money in exchange for the gangs doing less crime. This made both the gangs and the government butt heads as the gangs would flex by having occasional chaos weeks where they’d increase their homicides, while the government would respond by treating the gang members in prison worse. This kept happening off and on over the years until things finally snapped around a month ago. The gangs are now literally doing 5 star GTA as they are shooting at unarmed civilians and the government is responding with heavy handed law enforcement and martial law.
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punk rebel ecks posted:The governments attributed this due to their new policies and police tactics. In reality they were literally just paying the gangs with taxpayer money in exchange for the gangs doing less crime. As well as the government moving imprisoned gang members to prisons of lower security so they could see their families, and other prison benefits, not only to reduce the number of homicides but also to get the gangs to push the territories they control to vote for them. All with a climate of secrecy to not appear lenient on the gangs. The gangs see violence as a negotiation tactic, and the public at large wants to see the gangs dead because they're tired of the violence and because for decades since the civil war the country has only known violence as a solution to every problem. E: like I said before, El Hilo and Radio Ambulante are decent sources to follow on LATAM, although it's only in Spanish: https://elhilo.audio/podcast/homicidios-pandillas-el-salvador/ https://radioambulante.org/transcripcion/la-tregua-transcripcion America Inc. has issued a correction as of 22:05 on Apr 26, 2022 |
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/\/\ and that's what the public there thinks, for better or worse. To go back to the topic of OAS, I think it would be better if there was a pan-American organization that singularly focused on infrastructure projects and other avenues of mutual aid among all members, and didn't ask questions about how individual countries ran their affairs.
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I also think it would be good if there was an organization that did good things, instead of an organization which did bad things
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