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According to Octavio Paz, the problem that has plagued Latin American governments is the lack of democracy due to the tyrants and dictators that have ruled most of the Latin American countries in the past.
Octavio Paz (1914-1998), was a Mexican writer and Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1990).
He was one of the most prominent writers and poets in the history of México. During his life, he was rewarded many international prizes and he became an important figure of influence in Latin American politics.
He always documented that one of the bib¿ggest problems in Latin America was the oppression of the tyrant rulers that worked to avoid democracy in order to keep their dictatorship alive.