With a raft of elections scheduled for 2006, Latin America's potential further shift to the political left is capturing the world's attention. The same economic, political and social factors that are inspiring Latin America's leftward shift are being replicated in India. But rather than Latin America, developments in India could provide the biggest political surprise in 2006. Latin America's leftward political shift, which began in Venezuela in 1999 and soon spread to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, looks certain to gain further traction in the months ahead. The probability of leftists coming into power after upcoming elections in Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua,...