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In Colombia and Brazil, presidential candidates offer old solutions to old problems

The solutions they offer - economic shock therapy, militarized crackdowns and a lack of agency in foreign policy - are just old responses retooled with new aesthetics and a new international support network.

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In Colombia and Brazil, presidential candidates offer old solutions to old problemsThe solutions they offer - economic shock therapy, militarized crackdowns and a lack of agency in foreign policy - are just old responses retooled with new aesthetics and a new international support network.
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