Deng Xiaoping once said that everyone believed the 21st century would belong to the Pacific but he believed “it could also be the century of Latin America”. In the region, talk has been of a more modest “Latin American decade”. Either way, it is time to check on how the region is doing. The answer is: rather well. With Europe and the United States mired in economic stagnation, Latin American leaders can survey the world with a certain smugness.
鄧小平曾經說過，人們常說21世紀是太平洋時代，但他堅信，“那時也會出現一個拉美時代”。在拉美，人們一直談論的是更謙虛的“拉美十年”。不管是哪種說法，現在是時候核查一下該地區的現狀了。答案是：相當好。在歐洲和美國陷入經濟停滯之際，拉美領導人可以帶著某種沾沾自喜的神情眺望整個世界。
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