Title: Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century | OpenMind
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Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century
We have built a style of life for many, but certainly not all.
The Environment
Human Systemic Risk
Inequality is a historical stigma, constantly visible, throughout all countries in the region.
Inequality
Violence
Overall, Latin America states have not been able to make economic activity predictable for most of the population.
State Capacity
One of the central questions that need to be asked regarding Latin America´s future is if the conditions that allow for a strengthening of states are present.
Conclusions
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Article from the book The Age of Perplexity: Rethinking the World We Knew
Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century
Climate change | Equality | Perplexity
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Miguel Ángel Centeno
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Andrés Lajous
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
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Latin America, like much of the developing world, will have to face serious challenges in the current century. Environmental changes, persistent inequality, and increasing violence force millions of people throughout the region to live in a constant state of uncertainty. Will Latin American countries be up to the task of finally improving the life of their inhabitants? What are the grand challenges of the 21st Century for the world and specifically for Latin America? Of all the things going wrong, what should we be most worried about? In this essay, we begin by describing what we contend are the most critical global challenges, and then analyze how these will play out in the region that we are studying, Latin America. The most obvious unravelling that we face is that of the environment. Because of global climate change, resource depletion, and general environmental destruction, the rules that have governed our planet, and which have been the underlying basis of our society, are changing faster than we can appreciate, with consequences we cannot imagine. Results could be as dramatic as flooded cities or as trivial as increased turbulence on transoceanic flights.