The Pink Tide In Latin America

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Is Democracy Threatened by Social Unrest and the Rise of Latin America’s Left? What many have been calling “The Pink Tide” in Latin America has caused some changes in Latin America that some expert deem are good for democracy while others say it is a threat to democracy. The rise of the left has been one of the main points of contention between people from different political spectrums both in Latin America, the United States and elsewhere. One thing is for sure, this “pink tide” has ha a ripple effect throughout Latin America in recent years and it has caused some polarization between different political spectrums.

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Carlos Alberto Montaner makes several core points as to why social unrest and the rise of the left in Latin America will be the demise of Latin America. He starts his argument by naming leaders of the leftist movement in several Latin American countries. He then, goes on to say that in these leftists’ governments, parliaments are discredited, political prestige has lost its value, and the judicial branch and police are unjust and corrupt.

His first core point is that Latin America did not follow in the footsteps of Eastern European countries and former USSR countries which, had become successful after the Berlin Wall fell. By this, he means that Latin America did not distance themselves from populist ways of thinking and old ways of thinking. In other words, Latin America did not follow the path of globalization. Those countries that were successful followed in the footsteps capitalism. Because of this, these Eastern European countries are much wealthier than their Latin American counterparts. Several Latin American governments worked to incorporate their countries into the global market; privatize sta...

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...r the World Bank. These leftist governments were tired of having their country be governed by the U.S and multinationals thought right-wing governments who only sought to advance politically and monetarily. I support leftist governments because they support social mobility and not just mobility of the rich. Finally, I support the leftist movement because we in [Latin America] should determine our own destiny. If socialism does not work, we shall see our legacy in the history books; flaws and all. But, even if we do fail at it, we should be able to learn from our OWN mistakes committed and dictated by OUR governments, not by multinational companies and the United States interests. Yes, I admit there are flaws in the way that these countries have chose to govern (Castro and Chavez are prime examples), but at least they know they are dictating their own future.

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