Security & Strategic Review - January 2005
Study sees risk of radicalisation and anti-US populism if Latin America fails on the social front
Latin America does not figure very prominently on the world radar. Indeed, it barely figures at all in the 123 pages of the US National Intelligence Council's just-released study on world trends over the coming 15 years. What is said, though, is that Latin America's response to globalisation may cause a split in the region, and that the main threat it faces is its governments' failure to find solutions for 'abject poverty and bad governance'. This, it suggests, could breed populism, radical indigenism, activist religious fundamentalism and anti-US sentiment.
Latin America does not figure very prominently on the world radar. Indeed, it barely figures at all in the 123 pages of the US National Intelligence Council's just-released study on world trends over the coming 15 years. What is said, though, is that Latin America's response to globalisation may cause a split in the region, and that the main threat it faces is its governments' failure to find solutions for 'abject poverty and bad governance'. This, it suggests, could breed populism, radical indigenism, activist religious fundamentalism and anti-US sentiment.
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