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It's like the Chicago Boys and Pinochet in Chile all over again, but in Honduras, with crypto stirred into the mix. In Chile, a right wing admirer of Pinochet and Trump, and a crypto pusher, is leading in the polls. Elections in about 2 weeks.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
See? "The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down: The dream of Próspera, founded by a U.S. corporation off the coast of Honduras, was to escape government control. The Honduran government wants it gone."

www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Crypto Bros Are Trying to Bankrupt Honduras for Scuttling Their Private Cities"

fpif.org/crypto-bros-...
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Bankrupt Honduras for Scuttling Their Private Cities - FPIF
After throwing off its narco-dictatorship, Honduras is trying to take its cities back from U.S.-based libertarians.
fpif.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This has the potential to become disastrous: "Peru to declare state of emergency to block Chile border crossings..The announcement comes as undocumented people flee neighbouring Chile in anticipation of an immigration crackdown"

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Peru to declare state of emergency to block Chile border crossings
The announcement comes as undocumented people flee neighbouring Chile in anticipation of an immigration crackdown.
www.aljazeera.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Peru is hardening their border, expecting a mass exodus of immigrants. Elections are in a couple of weeks. He is an open admirer of Trump and Pinochet: "Hard-right former lawmaker José Antonio Kast leads in Chile’s polarizing presidential runoff"

apnews.com/article/chil...
Hard-right former lawmaker José Antonio Kast leads in Chile's polarizing presidential runoff
In Chile, a hard-right former lawmaker and admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump is leading in the presidential runoff.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The old Chicago Boys ideas are rearing their ugly head in South America again. Think Pinochet, but with crypto. This from 2014: "The Failed Libertarian Experiment in Chile"

truthout.org/articles/the...
The Failed Libertarian Experiment in Chile
Chileans have, to put it in terms Americans understand, rejected Reaganomics. And it’s time for us here in the US to do the same.
truthout.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM