Whatever the potential for a leftward shift this year in some Latin American countries, others, including Mexico, Chile, and Brazil, are clearly less vulnerable to the type of populist rule we’ve seen in Venezuela and Bolivia. Elected leaders in these countries face institutional constraints – parliaments that check the powers of the executive and courts that check the powers of both – on their ability to shape policy.
墨西哥选后危机所突出的根本性稳定局面也在拉美其他国家显现。无论今年在某些拉美国家中的左倾趋势如何，其他国家，包括墨西哥、智利以及巴西明显地不受民粹主义的控制。我们在委内瑞拉和玻利维亚已经见到了这一统治。这些国家的当选领导人制定政策能力面临机制限制。这些限制包括制衡行政的议会以及制衡前两者权力的法院。