Andrés Rozental, member of the Advisor board and president of Rozental & Asociados: “This year, Latin American leaders’ participation at the U.N. General Assembly could have been especially interesting because of the new regional heads of state who attended. There was expectation around what the presidents of Chile and Colombia would say, as well as Bolsonaro’s swan song—considering recent polls that show that Luiz Inácio Lula will probably win Brazil’s presidential election­—and how regional leaders would respond to global issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, climate change, economic challenges and migration. Whatever expectation had built up was quickly deflated when almost all delivered speeches that spoke mainly to their domestic audiences, were short on global issues and generally disappointed those who were expecting substantial changes in their presence on the world stage. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro delivered the traditional first address on the opening day of debate and used it for…”