Security Populism in LatAm vs the economic fallout from the MidEast

Kast can't dig a ditch along the border deep enough to protect Chile from inflation and the fall in copper prices.

Here is a picture of Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast, who just entered office a week ago, inspecting the ditch his country is digging along the border with Peru.

Kast’s first week in office has included numerous demonstrations of security populism, attempting to demonstrate that he is delivering on the mandate that Chileans wanted. Perhaps no effort …