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Great Expectations: What's It Like to Be 18 in Latin America?

By Juliana Barbassa, Brian Winter

In AQ’s new issue, our special report on a generation that wants it all – but may struggle to achieve it.

To be 18 in Latin America today is to believe anything is possible.

After all, today’s young people have grown up in a time of almost unprecedented growth and opportunity. They are the first raised in a Latin America where the middle class outnumbers the poor. They are far more connected to the world via those ubiquitous smartphones  –  and have higher aspirations to match. About 84 percent of them believe they’ll reach their professional goals more easily than their parents did, according to a...

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