The Mockus phenomenon is in many ways the Colombian analog of the rise of “alternative” presidents across Latin America in recent years: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil, Michelle Bachelet in Chile, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Mauricio Funes in El Salvador, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, José Mujica in Uruguay, Rafael Correa in Ecuador, Fernando Lugo in Paraguay, and Hugo Chávez in Venezuela.
莫卡斯现象在很多方面都与近年来遍布拉美的“另类”总统崛起非常相似。巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦、智利总统米歇尔·巴切莱特、玻利维亚总统埃沃·莫拉莱斯、萨尔瓦多总统毛里西奥·富内斯、尼加拉瓜总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加、乌拉圭总统何塞·穆希卡、厄瓜多尔总统拉斐尔·科雷亚、巴拉圭总统费尔南多·卢戈和委内瑞拉总统乌戈·查韦斯。