Scandals, autocracy and anger at inequality have been stirring unrest across the continent
THIS YEAR the world remembered the forgotten continent, mostly for unfortunate reasons. The year began with the inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist, as Brazil’s president. It ended in athat finished the presidency in Bolivia of Evo Morales, a leftist with populist tendencies and Latin America’s longest-serving leader, and rattled prosperous, seemingly stable Chile.
Despite these differences common characteristics help explain the discontent in many Latin American countries. One is that after a period of rapid growth caused by a rise in world demand for the region’s commodities, economies have slowed. Growth since 2014 has averaged less than 0.6% in Latin America and the Caribbean . Because of weak growth, millions of Latin Americans who recently entered the middle class fear dropping out of it again.
In several countries, such as Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, these grievances have led to peaceful change within the democratic order. Mexicans reacted to corruption and slow growth in 2018 by electing to the presidency a left-wing populist, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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