Thread: Establishment discussing ways to combat "radical populism" in Latin America

US Southern Command declared it's intention to combat "radical populism" in the region.

Combatting radical populism improves the investment climate.

One of the declared goals of Washington's installed International Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) in El Salvador is to:

enhance the functioning of free markets through improved legislation and law enforcement.

*cringe*

The Hudson Institute, an establishment think tank, a long with members of Congress from both parties and admistration officials have been discussing ways to combat "radical populism."

Hudson Institute: Challenges of Radical Populism

Since 2007, in association with the Hudson Institute, IFPA has examined radical populism in Latin America in order to provide policy recommendations to leaders of government and civil society to help counter anti-democratic forces and authoritarianism.

The series will build on recent seminars, which have amply demonstrated the importance of limiting radical populism as a fertile breeding ground for anti-American activity in Latin America.

The questions to be addressed in upcoming seminars focus on possible responses to the creeping advance of radical populism in Latin America. Specifically, how can the United States encourage opposition to radical populism?

As part of the seminar series the organizers propose to convene a panel whose focus will be lessons learned, together with proposals for action derived from such lessons to combat radical populist threats to democracy.

The series organizers will continue to invite key U.S. decision makers from the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, members and staff from Congress, and from outside the U.S. government.

Presentations or meetings will also be arranged with key senators and representatives from both parties. The diverse mix of participants will assure a stream of well-publicized ideas that would stimulate greater discussion in academia, the media, and political arena. As in the past year, seminars will be designed to stimulate new ideas on how to confront the challenges to democracy represented by Latin American populism and to educate members of the official policy community and those outside government on vitally important issues.

This is why Washington has been remilitarizing the countries in the region. In Salvador, Washington even got President Funes to purge (real) FMLN officials from his administration and replace them with US Army School of the Americas graduates. But I'll save that for another thread.

Center for Latin American Studies
and the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis held a conference on:

"Populist Threats to Democracy in Central America"

And what, exactly, is meant by "radical populism"?

Originally Posted by fifthofnovember

And what, exactly, is meant by "radical populism"?

Anti fraud movements that want fairness in the workplace and education.

Originally Posted by fifthofnovember

And what, exactly, is meant by "radical populism"?

Radical populism is one the terms that replaced "Communism" or "new nationalism" before it. According to the internal documents, in these cases, "radical" means people or governments that are acting in ways that affect US corporate and power interests adversely. Also called "subversives."