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Interesting reading but I'm not sure I agree. I've lived close to half of my 44 years in Latin America and I would say that the various Latin American Constitutions merely re-afirm the age-old system of Patrones y Peones. It's genetic and the only difference is that the government becomes the Patron instead of the former wealthy landholder or wealthy merchant. I lived for 3 years in Venezuela and despite all of Chavez' rhetoric he is also simply re-afirming the government as Patron... in his case HE is the government and therefore the Patron. Latin America will never change and the United States is more and more coming to resemble these countries.