If you think only North American politics get crazy around, before or after election season, then you're very mistaken: Latin America has a serious problem with political polarization. And the worst part, frankly (as a Latin American myself), is that both sides are very poor at doing their job.
Because sadly, both the left and the right wing of politics have failed to follow through with their promises, and have let their voters down, every single time. Whether it's the left giving away money until nations plummet into crisis and dictatorships like Maduro and Ortega come into power...
Or the right wing actually going out and hunting people because they supported the other side - committing atrocities that we also covered extensively in the Operation Condor episode - Latin America's politics need a real fix. If you want to learn more, then listen to this week's special DUAL NARRATOR episode, where two friends decide to debate on which side is worse:
Transcript of this episode is available at: https://podcast.lingomastery.com/listen/2690
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