Hope and Reassessment on the Latin American Left in the Age of Boric

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The triumph of Gabriel Boric on December 19, 2021, in Chile’s presidential election has resonated on the Latin American left. Coming after the narrow electoral success of President Pedro Castillo in Peru, and the decisive victory of Xiomara Castro de Zelaya as president of Honduras, as well as giving momentum to the surging candidacies of Gustavo Petro in Colombia and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil, it has spurred some commentators to muse about a possible new “Pink Tide” of left-leaning governments in the region. Yet there is also more open discussion of the problematic regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua which claim the leftist mantel. Some pundits, therefore, have asked if the democratic left in Latin America is ready to more openly assert itself and push back against authoritarian would-be fellow travelers.

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