Latin America - NYT: "THE left is in power in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. With this month's inauguration of Tabaré Vázquez as president of Uruguay, this trend will likely continue." Click here: The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: The Return of Latin America's Left
Left or right, the reasons things never work down there are corruption, dictatorial tendencies, and cronyism. Not ideology. The US cannot save them from themselves, at least in any public way.