The World Unpacked

The Eruption of Protests in South America

Episode Summary

What is behind the outbreak of protests across South America? Can the system be fixed?

Episode Notes

Growing protests are raging across South America. From Ecuador to Bolivia to Venezuela to Chile, the region is experiencing the largest outbreak of unrest in decades.

What is prompting these protests? Why are they happening now? And what does it say about leadership in the region? To help us better understand, Moisés Naím joined Jen in the World Unpacked studio.

Go deeper: In a recent article for Foreign Affairs, Moisés explains why Latin America was primed to explode.