Efter det såkaldte "tabte årti" syntes alt i 1990 'erne at tyde på, at det latinamerikanske kontinent var ved at rejse sig, at de demokratiske systemer stabiliserede sig, og at der skete store fremskridt på det sociale område, hvilket er yderst vigtigt, for det store problem for Latinamerika er de store klasseforskelle med en meget stor ubemidlet klasse uden håb.
Following the so-called'lost decade ', everything seemed to indicate, during the 1990s, that the Latin American continent was moving forwards, that democratic systems were being consolidated and that great progress was being made in the social field, which is extremely important, because the great problems of Latin America stem from the huge differences between classes, with a very high percentage of people living in a dispossessed class and living without hope.