after this guy and Castillo, can we stop hyping up the next 'left' south American politicians as the next coming of Chavez? I think the period of progressive social politics is dead unless theres another big people's movement
Most left-leaning Latin American presidents have been lib since the first pink wave. Chavez and Morales were the only standouts that I can think of. Most of the others quickly capitulated to the right or were moderate socdems at best.
His successor was his VP and had the first name Lenin so you know his parents were leftists, I’m guessing the Americans bought him out somehow. Did a full 180 and invited the IMF back in, I was in Ecuador when the massive protests happened. Ended up with an approval rating of like 7%. Correa is still a popular political figure, the most popular probably but cannot run again due to lawfare shenanigans, he’s in Belgium because they’ll arrest him on fake charges if he goes back.
That is true. I think that a lot of people here (and in the left in general) have shifted towards South America for their fix of electoral politics since the one's in America and in the west are too alienating for us. Everybody is stuck in :vote:
There's definitely a shift in the Americas but it'll be a while before you see anything hard left. My own country is a mixed bag with my region turning from very pro-US to more lukewarm with a more nuanced take on China.
Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Venezuela still going strong electorally. Boric was well known about this before being elected. Petro from Colombia is the same. Still hoping Petro gets elected to see the US get a little flustered.
after this guy and Castillo, can we stop hyping up the next 'left' south American politicians as the next coming of Chavez? I think the period of progressive social politics is dead unless theres another big people's movement
Most left-leaning Latin American presidents have been lib since the first pink wave. Chavez and Morales were the only standouts that I can think of. Most of the others quickly capitulated to the right or were moderate socdems at best.
Correa was pretty good even if he was a Socdem, he made a lot of progress helping the people of Ecuador
Forgot about him. Don't know wtf happened with his successor.
His successor was his VP and had the first name Lenin so you know his parents were leftists, I’m guessing the Americans bought him out somehow. Did a full 180 and invited the IMF back in, I was in Ecuador when the massive protests happened. Ended up with an approval rating of like 7%. Correa is still a popular political figure, the most popular probably but cannot run again due to lawfare shenanigans, he’s in Belgium because they’ll arrest him on fake charges if he goes back.
Lenin?
That is true. I think that a lot of people here (and in the left in general) have shifted towards South America for their fix of electoral politics since the one's in America and in the west are too alienating for us. Everybody is stuck in :vote:
There's definitely a shift in the Americas but it'll be a while before you see anything hard left. My own country is a mixed bag with my region turning from very pro-US to more lukewarm with a more nuanced take on China.
Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Venezuela still going strong electorally. Boric was well known about this before being elected. Petro from Colombia is the same. Still hoping Petro gets elected to see the US get a little flustered.
lol it's precisely because of this guy and Castillo that I can't get too excited about Gustavo Petro in Colombia
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