Actually, I'd say "Liberation Theology" is responsible for driving the Latin Americans into the arms of the Evangelicals. LT is left-wing drivel, and they can get that plenty of other places without hearing it in their churches. Like most people, they are looking for answers about God and are also looking for some idea of how to live their lives. LT gives them neither, but could be cranked out by Castro wearing a Roman collar. Heck, the clergy devoted to LT never even wear clericals, so it could actually be cranked out by Castro himself.
I'm surprised that BXVI was not more demanding about this, unless perhaps it was the influence of Levada. My only other thought is that perhaps it seemed to him that, at this point, Liberation Theology is dying a natural death, and that it really wasn't worth his time to go after an aging, has-been Jesuit.
"LT is left-wing drivel."
No salvation outside the poor, dude,
and I'd like to teach the world to sing,
Like, in perfect harmony.
I'd like to sell the world some coke,
and call it "equality".
That's the real thing.