At 40 years since the beginning of the Third Wave in Latin America, democracy in the region is reaching its “mid-life crisis.”

The successful elections of Macri as president in Argentina and of Bolsonaro in Brazil signal the rise of a new Latin America right wing that incorporates a different mix of nationalist social forces.

Brazil’s current political instability, especially with its election of Jair Bolsonaro as president, demonstrates the challenges that occur when democracies present polarizing options.

In October 2018, Colombian university students supported by professors and other education workers went on strike to raise awareness for the financing of higher-level education in the national budget.

Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign focused on anti-leftist rhetoric, which may present serious obstacles for him when he gets into office.

Despite Keiko Fujimori’s attempt to control Martín Vizcarra’s presidency, Fujimori is losing credibility, while Vizcarra’s popularity and power is growing.

When politicians promote the idea that independent journalists are seeking to maliciously portray them with unethical behavior, it creates a dangerous stigma of undeserved mistrust.

Although the most recent wave of migrant caravans has begun to slowly lose national attention in the United States, the suffering in Central America persists, and no productive actions have been taken to reverse this course of violence and destruction.

In the United States, the midterm elections serve as an opportunity for the opposition party to be critical of the President and to regain any ground lost in prior elections.

The next wave of Mexican politics in the looming era of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has already begun to stir controversy.