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Latin America’s “CPAC Right” Still Has Big Ambitions

By Nick Burns

A group of conservatives from across the region are coordinating with each other—and U.S. groups—to fight the culture war and oppose the left.

Correction appended below. The most prominent right-wing politician in Latin America, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, just lost reelection. Maps circulating on social media show a red-tinted continent, with left-wing leaders in charge from Mexico to Argentina. But that’s only part of the story. Victorious in recent local elections, powerful in many legislatures—including Brazil’s—and a strong contender in several upcoming national elections, it would be a mistake to think that the Latin American right is out of the running. On the contrary, right-of-center movements see...

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