Latin America: Still in Trouble

In the 1980s, democracy came to Latin America. Most countries created democratic institutions. Unparalleled opportunities seemed to open for the left. In Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, center-left governments were voted into office. Elsewhere (in Chile and El Salvador), Christian Democrats came to power. For democrats, a moment of historic opportunity seemed to have arrived. But in the 1990s many began to fear that the moment had passed. Latin American governments were implementing regressive e...