You know the story of El Salvador, but watch what's happening in Ecuador.
After violence erupted in January, President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of internal armed conflict and sent in the troops. The new way of doing things has been called "the Noboa way."
Murder in the effected areas is already plummeting, and Noboa's approval rating is at 76%.
But the human rights lobby is very concerned.
This story probably sounds very similar to you. The government and regular people on one side, criminals and the international left on the other.
If other countries are able to replicate Bukele's success, it will be devastating for the leftist worldview. What if all this time crime was a choice? That you can eliminate it pretty easily, as long as you focus on and take out criminals without paying attention to so-called civil libertarians and those who talk about "root causes"?
In a just world there would be accountability for those who have been lying to us for so long and caused so much damage. But they sit in offices in DC or Brussels, or the Ivy Tower, divorced from the consequences of their beliefs. Meanwhile, leaders in Latin America are finally starting to ignore them so they can fix their problems.
Let's all wish President Noboa and the people of Ecuador the best of luck.
After violence erupted in January, President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of internal armed conflict and sent in the troops. The new way of doing things has been called "the Noboa way."
Murder in the effected areas is already plummeting, and Noboa's approval rating is at 76%.
But the human rights lobby is very concerned.
This story probably sounds very similar to you. The government and regular people on one side, criminals and the international left on the other.
If other countries are able to replicate Bukele's success, it will be devastating for the leftist worldview. What if all this time crime was a choice? That you can eliminate it pretty easily, as long as you focus on and take out criminals without paying attention to so-called civil libertarians and those who talk about "root causes"?
In a just world there would be accountability for those who have been lying to us for so long and caused so much damage. But they sit in offices in DC or Brussels, or the Ivy Tower, divorced from the consequences of their beliefs. Meanwhile, leaders in Latin America are finally starting to ignore them so they can fix their problems.
Let's all wish President Noboa and the people of Ecuador the best of luck.
"In Guayaquil, soldiers and police officers destroy camera systems installed by gangs to watch over entire neighborhoods, storm into areas once largely off-limits to the police and knock down doors to uncover caches of guns and explosives." The gangs were allowed to have their own camera surveillance systems of neighborhoods! Why?
Even the NYT admits the Noboa way is working. The story on this is full of regular people talking about how happy they are that this is finally happening. Of course there are complaints from professional activists, but they feel halfhearted at this point. The pro-crime lobby is losing. nytimes.com/2024/02/07/wor…
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