Chile’s Ephemeral October Revolution
Five years on, the problems that fueled the 2019
social uprising have been overtaken by public safety concerns.
The populist left is holding back Latin America
https://www.ft.com/content/0c5a717f-4f2e-461f-a2e8-25498febf682
Caught in another “lost decade,” with per capita GDP growing by a meagre few tenths of a per cent, Latin America is falling behind emerging peers in Asia and eastern Europe, and behind developed economies as well. Income in the pink tide nations of Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru is on average around a quarter that of the US, having gained no ground over the past 10, 50 or even 150 years.
https://www.ft.com/content/0c5a717f-4f2e-461f-a2e8-25498febf682
Caught in another “lost decade,” with per capita GDP growing by a meagre few tenths of a per cent, Latin America is falling behind emerging peers in Asia and eastern Europe, and behind developed economies as well. Income in the pink tide nations of Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru is on average around a quarter that of the US, having gained no ground over the past 10, 50 or even 150 years.