These countries, once models of economic hope and democratic promise in Latin America, have become examples of democracies without legitimacy or credibility. Although they have made significant social progress in recent years, they have become centers of popular unrest.
曾几何时，这些国家无不是拉丁美洲经济希望和民主前途的榜样，而如今，它们成为缺少合法性和信誉的民主的例子。尽管它们近几年取得了重大的社会进步，但却沦为公共动荡的中心。这些国家的总统尽管具有不容置疑的能力，却眼睁睁地目睹支持率日薄西山。