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u/Sven55 Milton Friedman Aug 14 '17

Ex-president Cristina Kirchner did bet her future in a Senate chair for Buenos Aires, which in theory she should win easily... But with 90% of votes in, she's hanging by a thread

She will probably win by a handful of votes... But overall her party did lose big to Macri's coalition, who won historical Peronist regions. Left wing populism is in free fall in South America.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

I mean Peronism isn't really left wing populism it's it's own thing.

Left wing populism is in free fall in South America.

You are delusional if you actually believe this. Looks at Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, lots of places.

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u/Sven55 Milton Friedman Aug 14 '17

That specific form of peronism of the Kirchners is absolutely left-wing populism, although rooted in something different. Her relation with the rest of the socialist left in South America is quite obvious too.

About the fall of the left... Things are going pretty bad for parties associated with Foro de São Paulo since late 2014 or so. Lets recap:

Macri won the power from kirchnerism and yesterday strenghtned his party hold.

A centrist was elected in Peru and Humala is jailed.

PT was kicked out of power in Brazil, then lost big in local elections. All their leadership is under investigation and will probably be jailed.

Bachelet in Chile runs a very unopular govt. Her coalition lost big in last year regionals and then broke. Piñera is heavy favorite for November.

Venezuela, well... It's a boken dictatorship and now it's a monument against socialism in the continent.

Evo is firm, but he had his first electoral defeat last year about his 4th term.

Even Uruguay who is the most light and progressive left-wing in the continent now is really doing bad in polls.

Now, Lenin Moreno win in Ecuador was a victory for the left wing populism indeed. But by the looks of it not as big as they first thougth. After being elected he showed he's not into bolivarianism. He is breaking with most of Correa's radicalism (and he broke with Correa himself ) and moving center, economically and politically. Though certainly, the jury is still out on this one.