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Are leftist regimes on the rise where you live? Are you witnessing a backlash against globalization? If so, is it justified and what should be done about it?

Posted by Fareed Zakaria and David Ignatius on March 14, 2007 10:39 AM

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Gustavo Gorriti Is and award-winning Peruvian journalist based in Lima. He covered Peru's internal war, drug trafficking and corruption. He is the author, among other books, of The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru. He was Associate Director of Panama's La Prensa, Co-Director of Peru's La Republica and is currently a columnist for Caretas, Peru's leading newsmagazine.

More Like Petrocrats than Social-Democrats

Today, many regimes in Latin America regard themselves as leftist and came to power through the ballot box, but their commitment to democracy is doubtful. Hugo Chávez's affectionate relationship with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has less to do with Bush-bashing than with the price of oil, and their peers seem more concerned about guaranteeing reelection than promoting social progress.

Gustavo Gorriti Lima, Peru | 14 COMMENTS
Mar 20, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Miriam Leitao is a reporter and columnist for O Globo and Radio CBN in Brazil. She is also a commentator on Globo TV Network and runs her own blog, www.miriamleitao.com, hosted at Globo online at www.oglobo.com.br. She was awarded Columbia University’s Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 2005.

There's No One Latin American "Left"

Miriam Leitao Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 35 COMMENTS
Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. He has written books including Blood Brothers, Nehru: The Making of India, Kashmir: Behind the Vale, Riot After Riot, The Shade of Swords, and India: The Siege Within.

The Inevitable Return of the Great Anti-Right

M.J. Akbar India | 9 COMMENTS
Bashir Goth is a veteran journalist, freelance writer, the first Somali blogger and editor of a leading news website. He is also a regular contributor to major Middle Eastern and African newspapers and online journals.

U.S. Wins With Starbucks, Not Missiles

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» Andrew Zimmerman | The idea that the right is pro-"globalization" and the left is anti-"globalization" depends on a tendentious definition of globalization. ' The right...
» MikeB | This whole question is rather wrong headed, it is the right that is behind globalization and the right is ascendant in S.E. Asia, Asia (China is, afte...
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