If It Could Happen in Chile: Charting Riot Risk in Latin America

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Felipe Hernandez, Scott Johnson, Adriana Dupita
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(Bloomberg) --

From Chile to Venezuela, 2019 has been a year of political upheaval in Latin America: Slowing growth and painful policy adjustments have exposed underlying stress from high inequality and ineffective governance. Chile's combination of high inequality and limited progress at addressing the problem stands out -- and is a contributing factor to its recent unrest, according to research by Bloomberg Economics. Mexico and Brazil look even worse -- flagging the risk of social instability in Latin America's other major economies, if recently-elected governments don't meet high expectations.

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