Latin America: Then and Now

Published on Portside (https://portside.org)
Latin America: Then and Now
April 26, 2014

Friday, April 25, 2014
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The picture tells the story. Latin America has democratized, moved to the Left, and elevated the status of women. Top foto, left to right: Cristina Kirchner (Justicialist Party), president of Argentina; Michelle Bachelet (Socialist Party), president of Chile; Dilma Roussef (Workers' Party), president of Brazil at the inauguration of President Bachelet, 2014.

Bottom, left to right: Jorge Rafael Videla dictator of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. Augusto Pinochet, dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990. Artur da Costa e Silva, second President of Brazil during the military regime (1964-1985) created after the 1964 coup d'état.

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