The future
and direction of Latin American integration may hang in the balance
this week as a regional summit unfolds in Ecuador amid recent
right-wing gains in a region largely dominated by progressive
politics since the turn of the century.
The
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, known as CELAC, is
a bloc created in the same spirit as the Union of South American
Nations: it is an embodiment of the dream of Liberator Simon Bolivar
for a unified Latin America.
This year,
however, things have taken a slight turn. Although the significance
of the resurgence of right-wing political forces — and the
accompanying retreat of the so-called “pink tide” — has been
somewhat exaggerated, there are nonetheless new political actors on
the stage who have made their intentions to change the direction of
regional unity known.
The most
vocal of this new crop of right-wing politicians in the region has
been Argentina's new President Mauricio Macri.
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