The pendulum is swinging back to the left. Since 2018, many countries in Latin America have replaced right wing or centrist leaders with leftist governments.

A trend that picked up speed last year. And now, in 2022, we could see Colombia and the continent’s biggest country, Brazil, following suit.

Paulo Cabral reports from Sao Paulo.

To discuss:

• Jorge Heine is a former Chilean Ambassador to China
• Claudia Trevisan is the Executive Director of Brazil-China Business Council.
• Arthur Estopinan is International and Public Affairs Chief with the Estopinan Group, a consultancy firm.
• Jiang Shixue is Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, at Shanghai University.

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