I would agree that society in America doesn’t value single parents regardless of gender as much as they should. I think they are often stigmatized, especially women.

The “authoritarian crackdowns” are not entirely an American byproduct… It’s a product of capitalism. The billionaires aren’t moving to Honduras. So long as the global economy is either euro or asiatic-centric (aka where the money/power lives), the global south will continue to be the capitalists’ playground.