Latin American Voters Move to the Right — When Given the Chance
Voters in Ecuador opt overwhelmingly for tough anti-crime measures, such as those in El Salvador.

In the latest sign of a rightward swing of the pendulum in Latin America, voters in Ecuador opted overwhelmingly for tough anti-crime measures, including joint army and police patrols against cocaine gangs. Traditionally a peaceful place, Ecuador last year saw homicides almost double last year, to 7,994. In Sunday’s law and order vote, Ecuadorians looked for inspiration not to neighboring Colombia, but 1,300 miles up the Pacific Coast, to El Salvador.
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