如果下一届美国政府领会到拉丁美洲正在经历一个结合了其历史上最好和最坏的方面的时刻：20世纪70年代以来最快的经济增长速度，贫困和不平等在逐渐减少，比以前任何时候都更民主和尊重人权，但是也在政治上变得更两极化了，它一定会成功。
The next US administration will only prove successful if it grasps that Latin America is living through a moment that combines the best and worst aspects of its history: the fastest economic growth since the 1970’s, with poverty and inequality diminishing, and more democratic and respectful of human rights than ever before, but becoming more politically polarized.