Law, Order, and Nationalistic Authoritarianism

Across much of South America and Africa violent crime and criminal organizations are a huge problem. And the fear they instill in the average populace drive people to flee. So when leaders rise to power who are willing to do something to quell that violence, people start to notice. Let's look at some such examples.

https://news.yahoo.com/inside-growing-cult-el-salvadors-100024676.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2guYnJhdmUuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGmNvPYiHeelmJ5A-IkRcOwH0TPdxkSSZqI2ghp-U6c0y1dOFlt1SoOYU8oWM3uylQQzHkQPnZtESEaG3ae7ZBxAAeJKRL90q4f0fYmbbU14YCG2H111-01d8TUWYm-IfZa_WTs3ygNJKlShY475YLlAwzmjthm7zrNBNxEW8p7y

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/assassination-presidential-candidate-shocks-ecuador-election-2023-08-10/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/americas/ecuador-presidential-candidate-killed.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66365376