Carlos Ball has an interesting piece over at Tech Central Station on the spiraling decline of various states in South America due to the onslaught of socialist/communist revivals via the election of the likes of Chavez in Venezuela, Kirchner of Argentina, and Lula of Brazil. Here's a brief snippet:
Chile and El Salvador are practically the only exceptions, but I am skeptical of the Chilean future, seeing that Socialist President Ricardo Lagos has chosen to undermine the successful policies of the Chicago Boys by a brutal campaign to destroy the good names of those associated with the Pinochet regime. Allende's terrorists are now being officially converted into democratic martyrs, receiving monetary compensation for their "patriotism and courage," while former military officers and civilians close to Pinochet are accused of crimes they did not commit. It can be done because the Socialists control the judiciary, and the American media plays along.It's a pretty good read on a growing crisis south of our border.
So now we have South America ruled by the likes of Chavez, Kirchner, and Lula. Lula succeeded Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, the same Cardoso I mentioned before alongside Presbich, but who considered Lula too far to the Left. Kirchner has presided over the largest default and robbery in the history of the world, and Chavez, who was kept in power by the open support of the Organization of American States and of former President Jimmy Carter after a fraudulent referendum last August, is turning Venezuela into a new Cuba, but with billions of petrodollars to finance his uninhibited hate of free markets and the United States.
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