Sick of Poverty and Corruption, Latin America is Turning Left

The success of Gutierrez [in Ecuador] fits into what is now a clear pattern in Latin American politics. It follows the landslide victory of Lula da Silva in Brazil, which was also based on a platform of battling inequality. In March, Argentina goes to the polls and the current frontrunner is Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, another populist who has challenged the authority of the IMF and the rule of the market. And it coincides with recent advances for the left in Bolivia and Peru.

The most explosive countries are clearly Venezuela, where the radical [populist] Chavez faces opposition from all sides, including parts of the military, and Argentina, where popular discontent with free market policies grows sharper every day.

The CIA and military intelligence agencies have already started beefing up the Latin American bureaus to overturn these new populist Axis of Evil states. Argentina is the biggest failure for the American capitalist system as they followed all of the American supported programs and saw their economy fall apart.