(Marco Bello/Reuters)Nearly every nation in South America has been jolted by large protests or violent clashes in recent weeks, a continental surge of antigovernment anger unlike anything in years. That South America is more unstable than it has been in many years shouldn’t come as a surprise either, Shifter said, given the level of economic malaise across the continent. “Populist leaders have always struggled to transfer votes,” Verdesoto said..Ecuador’s opposition continues to reject its loss and protest in the streets. At least five people have been killed since then in the country’s most sustained antigovernment protests in three years. The corruption scandals nagging at nearly every government in South America have also brought people into the streets.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2017 11:03 UTC