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March 20, 2006
The New Leaders Redefining Politics in Latin America
Associated Press correspondent Traci Carl, writing from Mexico City on March 19, 2006, describes how A new wave of Latin American leaders _ variously labeled leftist, populist, nationalist or socialist _ is redefining politics in a region where U.S.-backed, right-wing dictatorships spent decades crushing their mostly leftist opponents and supporting corporate interests amid fears of inroads by the Soviet Union and its Cuban proxy.
She said, "The wave has carried leftist leaders to power in South America's largest and richest nations, as well as impoverished Bolivia. And while once-dominant conservatives haven't vanished altogether _ right-leaning candidates are popular in Peru and Colombia _ the trend is likely to intensify with elections still to come this year in Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela."
For more, please see "Latin American Leftists Redefine Politics."
Posted by Munir Umrani at March 20, 2006 12:57 AM
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