Yesterday's scenes of an incensed mob invading a parliamentary building in anger at an electoral loss were evocative of Latin America for many experts. Analysts compared the violence to Alberto Fujimori's 1992 self-coup in Peru or, more recently, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's brief military occupation of the country's legislature last year. In Honduras, members of civil society bitterly recalled the Trump administration's support for President Juan Orlando Hernández's 2017 reelection marred by fraud. (
Latin Americanists focus on U.S. (Jan. 7, 2021)
Latin Americanists focus on U.S. (Jan. 7…
Latin Americanists focus on U.S. (Jan. 7, 2021)
Yesterday's scenes of an incensed mob invading a parliamentary building in anger at an electoral loss were evocative of Latin America for many experts. Analysts compared the violence to Alberto Fujimori's 1992 self-coup in Peru or, more recently, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's brief military occupation of the country's legislature last year. In Honduras, members of civil society bitterly recalled the Trump administration's support for President Juan Orlando Hernández's 2017 reelection marred by fraud. (