>>In neighboring Argentina, for example, a major candidate for president has declared himself an “anarcho-capitalist,” and often professed his support and admiration for Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. Figures like the Philippines’ Duterte have become models for leaders championing the use of indiscriminate state violence. The last Mexican presidential election saw a minor candidate, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón (nicknamed “El Bronco”) make headlines for his proposal to “cut off the hands” of corrupt officials, and restore the death penalty in Mexico. In Guatemala, the daughter of a genocidal dictator who is openly apologetic for her father has a chance to be the next president, according to polls. Cubas may not win, but cementing himself as a political player could still have huge consequences. Among his proposals is a call for completely overhauling Paraguay’s constitution. If he’s ever in position to implement or influence such a plan, one can only imagine what could come of it. That timeline when your political program is just "We're going to restore order in this country, and we're going to tell you who screwed up" and you win... See all those small outsiders mentioned above? Most people think they have almost zero chance to win and even if they win blablabla, and it's true to some extent, but the story doesn't just stop there... All those guys, even if they lose they displace the so called "overton window"; with their radical stance they make the traditional local far-right look like fucken centrists, and therefore much more appealing, they make them look normal in a sense, acceptable