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America Gets Its Own Caudillo – Politico

Better than most, the people of Latin America know how to spot a caudillo, or populist strongman—Pinochet. Noriega. Castro. Chávez. Perón. Perhaps that helps explain why Latin Americans, who would typically not care very much about the American presidential primary process, have nevertheless been paying such keen attention this year for the first time in memory. Across the continent, Donald Trump has struck a jangly nerve of recognition among people who see something all too familiar in the possibility of a Presidente Trump—an addition to the long line of democratically elected, populist autocrats who have reigned down here for decades. They see up north the rise of a true, North American caudillo. Read more>>

Better than most, the people of Latin America know how to spot a caudillo, or populist strongman—Pinochet. Noriega. Castro. Chávez. Perón. Perhaps that helps explain why Latin Americans, who would typically not care very much about the American presidential primary process, have nevertheless been paying such keen attention this year for the first time in memory. Across the continent, Donald Trump has struck a jangly nerve of recognition among people who see something all too familiar in the possibility of a Presidente Trump—an addition to the long line of democratically elected, populist autocrats who have reigned down here for decades. They see up north the rise of a true, North American caudillo. Read more>>

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#Factsmatter: An international arbitration panel found ‘no cogent evidence’ supporting #Ecuador’s claim that #Texaco failed to comply with terms of remediation in #Amazon. https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik
The @WSJ sums this case up nicely, “[Steven Donziger] and his team fabricated evidence, promised $500,000 to an #Ecuadorean judge to rule in their favor, ghostwrote much of the final verdict and took other actions that ‘perverted’ the course of #justice. Mr. Donziger disputes the… https://t.co/soQ1qreULA
Shameless. Disbarred and convicted of criminal contempt of court for bribing an Ecuadorian judge in an attempted extortion scheme, @SDonziger is nonetheless accepting invitations to speak at #climate rallies. Read more about this adjudicated racketeer: https://t.co/5eac0lRmN7
Sworn testimony: While Texaco met its environmental obligations in the Amazon, #Ecuador’s national oil company did “absolutely nothing” to address its own remediation in the area. #FactsMatter:
https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik
DENIED: @SCOTUS rejects hearing case of Steven Donziger, who bribed Ecuadorian judge in failed effort to bilk Chevron for billions of dollars. https://t.co/zT0dlozk5R

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