Introduction: the resurgence of the right in Latin America

• Main Authors: Barry Cannon, Patrícia Rangel
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) 2020-12-01
• Series: Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
• Subjects: resurgence of the right; latin america; coalitions; agenda
• Online Access: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/RevistaCIDOB/article/view/378595

With the election of Mauricio Macri as president of Argentina in 2015, Latin America’s electoral cycle seemed to be reversing the left-led “pink tide” of progressive governments that had dominated the region since the start of the millennium. With academic attention largely on the left, there was little work available on the right before this event (exceptions are Palau, 2010; Dominguez et al, 2011; Vonmaro y Moressi, 2015) but more work did emerge in its wake (see, for example, López Sagrera, 2016; Colombia Internacional, 2019 and, reviewed here, Luna and Rovira Kaltwasser, 2014; Cannon, 2016; Bohoslavsky et al., 2019). However, much of this literature takes a largely political perspective focusing primarily on political parties and institutions (i.e. Luna and Rovira Kaltwasser, 2014; Vonmaro y Moressi, 2015; Colombia Internacional, 2019) while others take a more sociological or historical approach that emphasises the role of de facto authorities – the church, the media, businesses (agricultural and industrial) and the army – as well as transnational influences, especially that of the United States (Dominguez et. 2011; Cannon, 2016; Bosholavsky, 2019).