ونتيجة لهذا فقد كثيرون من أهل أميركا اللاتينية إيمانهم بالديمقراطية لأنها لم تحقق لهم أية استفادة على الصعيد الاقتصادي.
Many Latin Americans have lost faith in democracy because it has not benefited them economically. They see the US as simultaneously the champion of democracy in the region and as the culprit in their economic woes because of its insistence on the sanctity of capital.