Venezuela and the Latin American New Left: Chávez’s Influence Continues to Spread Throughout the Continent • The inauguration of Tabaré Vázquez in Uruguay shows that Latin America’s democratic march to the left continues, and could be a forerunner to Mexico’s 2006 presidential election. • The Bush administration, already uncomfortable with Latin America’s new left, would become apoplectic if this movement reached the U.S.-Mexican border. A López Obrador victory in the Mexican election would signal the ultimate domino falling. • Bush’s Latin America team fails to understand that the model of the new left in Latin America today is less Che...
