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Yes; but Mexico is the "prize" for the Latin American Left. They can cause more trouble in Mexico than anywhere else.

One of the main reasons why we are seeing so much leftist success in Latin America recently is that the left within these various nations is uniting behind a single candidate while the center and right divide against each other, as was especially the case in the recent Nicaraguan election in which Ortega becomes President with only 40% of the vote and hardly any chance of winning a runoff. But what is going on in both Mexico and Venezuela right now may be turning the tide. In Mexico the PRI and the PAN are learning to cooperate and the unified opposition to Chavez in Venezuela may be leading in the race right now, as Manuel Rosales was ahead of Chavez 47 to 43 in the most recent poll (see this post in another thread for more).

Latin America is going to have to learn that their loosely-organized systems of political parties has left them weak in the face of a united Left. Mexico and Venezuela are the proving grounds of two-party system politics. It won't be like our two-party system, because Latin America's will be built upon coalitions and alliances, but it must be a two party system one way or another for the Left to be stopped.