Alejandro Peña Esclusa – Chile: Checkmate to the Left

In a recent interview, Alejandro Peña Esclusa, CDI’s leading expert on Latin America, argues that Chile’s political shift should be understood as part of a broader regional realignment. He links the weakening of left-wing governments in the region to failures of governance and the growing influence of organised crime, and contends that developments in Venezuela will remain central to wider political change in Latin America.

In his view, the central divide is increasingly defined not by traditional left-right labels, but by the defence of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law against authoritarian projects. The full article is available here.