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As 2021 ended, Latin America saw one more step towards the political left, and that’s good news for the region

First Alberto Fernandes’ victory against Macri, the president running for re-election on a pro-business agenda. Although the rich world always advises middle-income nations against a more social agenda, Argentina’s economy has never improved much under neoliberal pro-business policies. The reason for it, if one can simplify a very complex scenario, is that, although in the middle-income spectrum as a country, Argentina’s population reason as a developed European country, much like Italy or Spain. That pushes them to fight any policy that produces restrains in the well-fare state.

Then, in 2020, Bolivia elected Luis Arce, former finance minister of Evo Morales. Bolivia’s situation is much more precarious. It is a much poorer country; it is landlocked. It has a deep inequality between popular segments and country regions. Until Arce’s election, Bolivia was facing both a political crisis and an outlaw government. In October 2019, Evo Morales, the president seeking a third term (his right to do so is legally debatable), was about to win the election when a power-glitch triggered fraud claims, rendering the election…