Populism in Central America is a warning of what has gone wrong in democracy, say authors. Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and Javier Milei in Argentina are radical populists.

Author: Populism is effective at a time of great uncertainty and polarization. Policies that allow populists to point to elites are precisely those that do not solve the problems, say the authors of a new book on populist leaders in the region.. Peace is almost sacred, calling them a pact between the corrupt and the corrupt, says Harry Brown.