Consolidating Latin America's gains

Santiago

AT the time of last year's failed coup in Turkey, I emailed a Turkish friend expressing concern. His answer left me thinking. After a sombre review of events in his country, he concluded: "You are very lucky to be in Latin America, even though it may not seem that way sometimes."

We Latin Americans are complainers. We shudder to think that other people's lot could be worse than ours. But if a Latin American views today's world objectively, it's easy to understand why many would consider us fortunate.