
Latin America is swinging to the right. In recent years, countries including Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia have elected conservative, libertarian or right-wing presidents. Most recently, Brazil's right-wing Flavio Bolsonaro has a strong chance of winning the presidential runoff on Oct. 25 . Across much of the region, the political map looks dramatically different from the one that emerged during the "Pink Tide" of the early 2000s, when many left-wing leaders came to power. But there is a danger in looking at the map and seeing only ideology. The deeper story may be less about Latin Americans suddenly becoming conservatives and more about voters becoming increasingly willing to throw governments out of office. The region's defining political characteristic may therefore not be right-wing politics, but anti-incumbency.