Faced with a volatile and young electorate clamoring for change, the region faces the challenge of determining whether this rightward shift will bring lasting improvements or will simply be another political swing.
The initiative driven from Washington is aimed more at exporting political alignments and excluding key actors than at building effective regional cooperation.
When ideology replaces pragmatism in economic and foreign policy, confrontation takes center stage, and the costs — economic, institutional, and social — are not long in coming.
The Latin American left, triumphant at the ballot box thanks to its discourse of social justice, now faces a rapid decline due to its inability to translate its symbols into results in government.
