Latin Americans Are Clamoring for Equality — and Democracy
Economic crisis and stagnation have sparked a wave of protest and a demand for more transparency and an efficient welfare state across the region.
A sign carried by one of the more than a million Chileans demonstrating on Oct. 25 read: “Neoliberalism was born in Chile; it is dying in Chile.” You’d think the obituary rings true, if you judge not just by protests not just in Chile and Ecuador a few weeks back, but also by election results in Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. It isn’t the case, but it does point to something real: a new swing to the left in Latin America
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