Altamar’s Peter Schechter asked about how other summits could be more successful. It was unsuccessful in uniting a divided hemisphere, with the world distracted by other global crises. The Summit of the Americas held in June was messy. And unfortunately, that’s where we’re at today.” He continued, “if the reason for voting is to punish somebody because you’re angry at something, then you’re not rationalizing your decision, but rather you’re exacerbating it.
And it is only around very specific issues that hurt that people decide to throw the baby with the bath water, which is the sense that one gets in many of these elections that are very hard to read.” So, people are choosing candidates out of anger rather than rational analysis of the issues. There is increasingly a divide between the public discourse and the people’s discourse. But despite that, every day, every family wakes up trying to do the best they can for their family, for their kids and for their communities. Moreno said, “Sometimes we put more passion than rationality on our analysis of issues. We can apply this philosophy to help understand the chaotic elections now seen throughout Latin America. it invites people who can use those political cleavages that exist today to get elected, to create more division as opposed to more unity.” Therefore, it is all about what divides you and not how you find common ground. Moreno explained, “The first thing that we have to recognize is that the way politics is done most everywhere is more and more around identity politics. The conversation turned to the state of politics in Latin America and how that is playing into the current crises and states of disarray. Latin America suffered in my view, a combination of shocks. Without question, we are in a very complex moment. Certainly, there are always bumps on the road. if you just go back in the past 20 years, there are tremendous advances that took place in Latin America. Altamar’s Muni Jensen asked, “Tell us what the recipe is for a turnaround in Latin America.” He responded, “I always believe that the most important recipe always is to take stock of where we were, where we are and where we could be. With a complicated part of the world to tackle in a short amount of time, we began the complex discussion with former IDB President Moreno’s vision for Latin America as he describes it in his new book. With countries being led by ever more extreme populists, what is next for the Americas? We explore these themes with our guest Luis Alberto Moreno, former President of the Inter-American Development Bank, and the author of the book Vamos. The result was that Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador and the presidents of the three Central American Northern Triangle countries decided to skip the meeting. The hotly debated US RSVP list left out some anti-democratic players such as Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Instead of resetting its relations with Latin American countries, the US seemed further from the continent than ever. This year, the Summit only served to underscore the fractures on the continents. Is there still hope to bring the hemispheres closer to common policies and economic progress?
Public discontent, economic headwinds, and shaky politicians are widespread. The recent Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles was marked with RSVP scandals and ineffectiveness. Guest: Luis Alberto Moreno, former President of the Inter-American Development Bank, and the author of the book Vamos.įrom Mexico to Chile to the United States, discord, polarization and estrangement are plaguing the Americas.
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