2006-01-22
Latin America Shifts Left: It's the Economy
"This difference over economic policy -- much more than drug policy, the war in Iraq, immigration, or Cuba -- is the main thing that has set Washington on a collision course with most of Latin America. Evo Morales is now the sixth candidate in the last seven years to win a presidential race while campaigning explicitly against "neoliberalism." The others were in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Uruguay. And there will likely be more in the near future, as there are 10 more presidential elections scheduled in Latin America over the next year."
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I expect an increase in immigration from countries that "shift left". Capitalism is the greatest anti-poverty mechanism that humanity has ever discovered and employed, by my reckoning. I have finally learned some facts about Chavez, and it appears that his anti-market/anti-property positions correspond with anti-democracy developments as well. Cramping economic and political freedoms will surely lead to increased poverty. But it will certainly make some people feel better about themselves. (Ie, feeling good about eliminating "price gouging" of a certain item, but having a shortage of that item.) Good luck, South Americans, re-discovering these facts for yourselves!
The existance of desperately poor nations in South America indicates to me the failure of the people there to erect free market democracies. The popular blame there for blaming the poverty on capitalism indicates to me a widespread misunderstanding, which will lead to increased poverty, as "the people" now vote for socialism, and perhaps even for less democracy.
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