Long live the dictatorship!

The figure of a strong man, who brings order, discipline and peace is something that has been longed for in Latin America since the days of the wars for independence and, for many, is part of a kind of “original sin”. With the sole exception of Brazil, the territories of this portion of the continent fought bloody battles to obtain their independence from the Spanish Crown, in a traumatic break with the colonial scaffolding, an “absolute…