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A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years.

On the morning of October 17, 1945, thousands of protesters in Buenos Aires marched on Argentina’s main executive building, the Casa Rosada, to demand the return of Vice President Juan Perón, who had been forced to resign a week earlier. The day was hot, and many of the men took off their jackets and even their shirts. This earned them the mocking title of los descamisados - the shirtless. Perón’s supporters promptly reclaimed the insult and turned it into a badge of honor.

How López Obrador chooses to enact his policies—and whether he will abide by the often frustrating institutional checks and balances within Mexico’s democratic political system—will have long lasting consequences for the country's future. 

Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been heralded as Latin America’s exception. Yet over the last half decade, this tranquility has come to an end.