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Dictatorship
May 15, 2023
Magazine
Patrick Iber
When Milton Friedman Met Pinochet
Chicago economists had free rein in Chile. The country is still recovering.
November 3, 2020
Federico Finchelstein
It’s Already Happening Here
The similarities between Trump and strongmen from Mussolini to Bolsonaro are impossible to ignore.
October 1, 2018
Andre Pagliarini
The Man Standing Between Brazil and Authoritarianism
Fernando Haddad wasn't made for mass politics. But his opponent, Jair Bolsonaro, openly praises the days of military dictatorship.
September 17, 2018
Guy Hedgecoe
What Digging Up Franco Has to Do With Democracy
Spain's transition out of fascism occurred within living memory. And it meant ignoring the dead.
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