Red Sky in Latin America – A Threat or Necessity?
Red Sky in Latin America – A Threat or Necessity?

Summary/Abstract: The Left-Right Paradigm Has Latin America turned red in the past years? The most simplistic answer is “yes” if one looks no further than election results. This answer is, however, misleading since it divides the political spectrum in Latin America into the left and the right, and such a bipolar view of politics is no longer applicable around the world, let alone in Latin America. This view creates ideological simplifications such as “the Cuban Way” versus “the US model,” and it squeezes every aspect of society – from historical structures to religion to ethnicity to populism – into one discussion point. What happens on the political scene in Latin America today is only marginally related to the right or the left and can be divided into several general sections.

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