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Latin America's political map has been redrawn.
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic are now governed by right-wing, center-right, or security-first administrations broadly aligned with Washington's strategic posture — leaving Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, and a handful of others as the remaining counterweights.
The pink tide has receded, replaced by a harder, security-first right that campaigns on punishment, not markets. The Sequence That Rewrote the Region's Political Calculus The shift did not arrive in a single election.
A chain of external shocks reset the incentives for leaders, voters, business elites, and security forces across the hemisphere.
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