在多数拉美国家，传统执政家族早就学会与各式各样的精英分享自己的地位：这些精英包括在拉美最好的公立学校和大学接受教育的专业人士和城市毕业生。
In most Latin American countries, the traditional ruling families learned long ago to share their place at the table with a different kind of elite: the urban, professional, and educated graduates of the region’s top public schools and universities.