Still Reading: THE AGE OF THE STRONGMAN

Chapter 10: Bolsonaro, Amlo and the return of the Latin American caudillo (2018)

On Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez:

  • Over the next decade, he followed a textbook pattern of strongman rule: he packed the Supreme Court, altered the electoral system in his favor, encouraged a cult of personality via rambling and bombastic appearances on television, and denounced independent critics as tools of hostile foreign powers.
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