Trump threats and Bukele model on crime back Latin American progressives into corner
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Deployed soldiers exit a vehicle around Congress in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, after President Bernardo Arvalo declared a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks at the National Palace as he hosts a meeting with U.S. congresspeople in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Soldiers stand guard in front of a poster of former President Jacobo Arbenz who was overthrown in a 1954 coup, near Congress in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, after President Bernardo Arvalo declared a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on during a swearing-in ceremony for new military commanders at the army academy in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Vega)Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo comforts the relative of one of the police officers killed while retaking control of three prisons, during the wake for the officers at the Interior Ministry in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Deployed soldiers exit a vehicle around Congress in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, after President Bernardo Arvalo declared a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)