The Ballot and the Bullet
Across Latin America, organised crime is not just killing people, it is also killing democracy
Chile’s presidential runoff ended on December 14 with José Antonio Kast, a hardline conservative, cruising to victory. His campaign was dominated by crime, migration, and a spreading sense that the state had lost its grip. The scale of the result matters less than what it signals. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, organized crime i…
