What Latin America can teach Americans who are resisting against Trump

Chile's student movement has produced concrete changes in Chile's educational system

This article was written by written by Jeff Abott originally published on Waging No Violence under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

It is hard to deny the authoritarian tendencies that Donald Trump has shown in his first 100 days as president of the United States. These tendencies have drawn comparisons to the classic image of a Latin American dictator, and more specifically the caudillo—or strongman leader—by commentators from across Latin America. From his taste in decor and his adversarial relationship with the media, to what critics say is his fundamental assault on human rights, the similarities are hard to