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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Hegel's theory of the eternal interplay of thesis and antithesis appears to be more tenable than most of the ideas Karl Marx borrowed from him. At least its application to the present Latin-American scene leads to some interesting queries. There was a wave of optimism a few years ago regarding the advance of democratically-inspired governments in the Hemisphere. As recently as 1959, a shrewd observer could say:
In Latin America there are now a group of leaders who have used democratic means to bring dictatorships to an end and at the same time erect barriers against Communism and Justicialism.
There is now no more talk of caudillos or dictators and the last survivors of this group can scarcely maintain themselves in power for another year. Thus the vision of President Ramón Villeda Morales, who predicted that 1960 would see the map of Latin America cleaned of dictators, may be realized.
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