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Democracy is the goal in most Latin American countries. Here Octavio Paz of Mexico, a Noble Laureate, offers his views on democracy in Latin America. He notes that "Latin American democracy was a late arrival on the scene...a great deal still remains to be done. Our countries need changes and reforms...In countries where attempts have been made to change the economic and social structures while at the same time dismatling democratic institutions, injustice, oppression, and inequality have become stronger forces that ever...to defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy and enable it to be embodied in social life." What value does Paz see in democracy? Do you see democracy threatened in any parts of Latin America? Elaborate.

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Paz wrote two important books on Mexican cultural identity and social/economic issues in the second half of the 20th century: El laberinto de la soledad (The Labyrinth of Solitude) and Posdata (Postscript). A big theme in his nonfiction work is the struggle of Mexicans, and Latin Americans, to define themselves while existing in the shadow of the powerful United States. Paz does NOT want to see Latin America adopt the solutions and the identity of its northern neighbor. He wants Hispanics to find their OWN solutions, and their own kind of democracy, to address the problems of their societies, and they may not necessarily be the same solutions the U.S. has adopted.

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