Mary Anastasia O'Grady writes a column on the Americas for The Wall Street Journal. Here she is reviewing a book for the Journal - Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America by Enrique Krauze, published by Harper.
In the process of writing this review O'Grady lays out her understanding of why Latin America, given its riches and talented people, has done so poorly. If you follow Latin America, this article is for you.