海角大神

I confess I鈥檓 fascinated by Guatemala and El Salvador right now. As we write today, Guatemala鈥檚 new president is a triumph of democratic principles. And as we鈥檝e written before, its neighbor has embraced a populist strongman. What gives?

The Monitor looks at the world to find universal lessons, so I asked our Whitney Eulich, and I learned something. In some ways, she says, voters in each country have 鈥渨on.鈥� Guatemala faces poverty and inequality. El Salvador faces rampant gang violence. Each president addresses those concerns in his own way.

It reminds us how well democracies reflect voters鈥� desires, and encourages us to think about that connection more deeply.聽