Latin America continues leftward march."The left made more inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ into Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. " with the election of Tabare Varquez to serve as president of Uruguay, reported the AP on November 1. Varquez, the first leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left to lead Uruguay, "won the presidency in his third attempt after toning down some earlier firey left-wing proposals and choosing Danilo Astori, well-regarded in Wall Street, as economy minister." Predictably, Varquez described Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva--a veteran Marxist agitator ag·i·ta·tor n. 1. One who agitates, especially one who engages in political agitation. 2. An apparatus that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine. Noun 1. and comrade of Fidel Castro--as his "main inspiration." "Lula," as he is commonly known, is supported by both the revolutionary Latin American left and the Wall Street-aligned Establishment in Washington and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "Uruguay joins the dominant club of South American nations--Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela--governed by leftists or center-leftists who are putting up trade and diplomatic challenges to the United States in its traditional 'backyard,'" observed the AP report. Venezuelan ruler Hugo Chavez, viewed as Castro's successor as leader of the Latin American Marxist movement, hailed Varquez's win as evidence that "the revolution is here to stay.... Latin America's great people are rising up." |
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