New Path for Latin America

After collapse of both Communist and military fascist regimes in South America, Latin America has a unique opportunity to forge a new path and create a new political identity. Both Thomas Wright (2000) and Forrest Colburn (2002), however, point out that despite the watershed period that Latin America is facing at this point in history, the energy and the will of those citizens who could create that new identity is at an all time low. Indeed, both Wright and Colburn discuss whether this could be the end of politics with a capital "P" in Latin America. This paper will examine the messages set forth by these two authors in regards to the future of South America as well as critique their effectiveness.

Colburn in Latin American at the End of Politics (2002) uses different essays, or "Chapters," in his book to show "windows" on Latin American l

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