Post-Chavez Latin America: An Alliance Between Local Capital and Socialism ? (Mahdi Nazemroaya, Strategic Culture Foundation)
02.05.2013 06:44
Many questions have arisen about what direction Latin America and the so-called «pink tide» will take since Hugo Chavez’s death and his successor Nicolas Maduro’s victory in the Venezuelan presidential elections against Henrique Capriles Radonski on April 14, 2013. These questions broadly focus on the rest of Latin America and the region’s leftist governments and movements. Several important questions are being asked. Will the US gain ground or lose even more influence in Latin America? Will Latin America continue to move leftwards or will the status quo ante prevail?