Latin America: February 2003

Latin America's New Political Leaders: Walking on a Wire

By: Michael Shifter

Description: "Today's underlying political currents in Latin America are less about ideology and more about a public desire to find leaders who can effectively address everyday problems, and who do so honestly. The formulas of the past-whether 'socialism' in the 1970s or 'neoliberalism' in the 1990s-have been widely questioned, and largely dismissed. With traditional ideas and structures breaking apart, new leaders are being called on to produce results."

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