Rousseff and Bachelet were natural candidates to lead the development of a moderate counterweight to the populism of Maduro, Fernández, Morales, and Correa. But Rousseff, like her predecessor, the popular Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has chosen not to fill that role, instead cozying up to Venezuela.
领导温和派对抗马杜罗、费尔南德斯、莫拉莱斯和科雷亚等民粹主义势力的自然是罗塞夫和巴切莱特。但罗塞夫像她享有盛誉的前任路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦一样选择与其奉迎委内瑞拉，还不如放弃这一角色。智利想要单干却实力不足。而且巴切莱特也疲于应对争议越来越大的税务、教育和宪法改革。