Latin America has failed to redistribute enough or offer anything resembling equal opportunities. The sense of unfairness lies at the root of many social explosions
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskStanding outside the basilica, Marcela, a young architect from Cusco in Peru, waited for her grandparents and father, who wanted to visit on the first day of their holiday. She would prefer looking at Mexican urban architecture. “Things are changing now, each generation thinks differently,” she said.
The sense of unfairness lies at the root of many social explosions. “If young people don’t take the reins of this country, nobody will save us,” Álvaro Herrera, a music student from Colombia told, a Spanish newspaper, after he was beaten by police for taking part in a peaceful demonstration. “This isn’t about parties or ideologies, it’s about dignity.” The impact of the pandemic on school closures has made matters worse.
Several governments now take climate change more seriously. Fully 40% of the World Bank’s lending to the region is climate-related, much of it aimed at reducing emissions in agriculture and forestry, more efficient use of water and electric-bus fleets. Brazil was a leader in curbing deforestation a decade ago. Under Mr Bolsonaro, who has dismantled much environmental enforcement, it has become a global environmental pariah.
Black and indigenous Latin Americans, who make up around 25% and 8% of the population respectively, suffer from discrimination and lower incomes. But they gain more recognition than they did. In Brazil the approval in 2012 of quotas for university entrance based partly on race and partly on social class increased the numbers of low-income and black students, mainly in the humanities.
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