A Latin American Alliance?

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera and Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (from L to R) at a news conference after the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit in Santiago, Chile. Photo: Agencia Uno/Xinhua/Sipa USA

The Most Important Alliance You've Never Heard Of -- Moisés Naím, The Atlantic

Latin American countries have failed to work together for two centuries. That may be about to change.

In Venezuela, students have been killed while protesting against the government of Nicolás Maduro, who is jailing opposition leaders and just closed a television station that dared broadcast the demonstrations. Argentina is irresponsibly racing toward a dangerous economic cliff. The Brazilian economy is in recession and 2014 will mark its fourth consecutive year of subpar growth, as the country reels from its largest capital flight in more than 10 years.

Is a decade of progress in Latin America coming to an end? For some countries, surely. But not necessarily for the entire region. Four nations are developing an initiative that could add new dynamism to Latin America, redraw the economic map of the region, and boost its connections with the rest of the world—especially Asia. It could also offer neighboring countries a pragmatic alternative to the more political groupings dominated by Brazil, Cuba, and Venezuela.

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My Comment: This is a start .... and if a major country like Brazil participates at a later date .... a change for the good.