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A Second Pink Tide Might Not Unify Latin America

Divisions over a candidate for a multilateral post show that obstacles to cooperation still remain, even with more ideological alignment.

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By Oliver Stuenkel
Published on Nov 17, 2022
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Oliver Stuenkel

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Oliver Stuenkel is an associate professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil. He is also a senior fellow affiliated with the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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