Co-existence is a concept that has arisen or been adopted in Latin America to synthesize the ideal of a life shared by culturally, socially or politically very diverse groups, a viable shared life, a stable, maybe permanent 'living together', desirable in itself and not just because of its effects. In the English-speaking world co-existence usually describes people living peacefully side by side, particularly as the result of a deliberate choice. In fact, as the opposite of war, it carries a slight connotation of resignation when accepting the other