Latin America Election Review

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Jun 9, 2026 · 26m

Norman Stockwell, publisher of The Progressive Magazine came into the studio and Marc Becker, professor of Latin American history at Truman State University in Missouri, joined us by phone to review recent Latin American elections. They talked about last year’s and this year’s elections in South and Central American countries whose populations are looking for security amidst rising violence and crime. Candidates, left and right, who purport to be able to provide security and peace, approach the problem very differently. Some, mostly on the right, want to govern with a heavy hand, using…