The World Ahead | The Americas in 2024
Latin America’s left-right divide may be disrupted in 2024
Politics in the region is becoming more complex
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By Emma Hogan
Latin America has long been dominated by left-wing political parties. During a commodities boom in the early 2000s, a series of left-wing governments in the region came to be known as the “pink tide” for their statist policies and social handouts boosted by a sudden influx of cash. This was followed, however, by a “blue tide” of right-wing leaders, such as Mauricio Macri in Argentina and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, who pushed back in the 2010s.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2024 under the headline “A libertarian wave?”