"The Economist " this Week. A fight between democrats and populists
THE BATTLE FOR LATIN AMERICA'S SOUL
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>>> For all this reasons, the populist have captured the sympathy of ignorant paternalists abroad, such as London's mayor Ken Livingston who this week welcomed Mr Chávez as "the best news out of Latin American in many years".
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>>> Meanwhile, democrats everywhere-including Europoe and Latin America itself- need to make it clear on wich side on the battle they stand. They should not welcome Mr Chávez in their midst unless the presidential election in Venezuela in December is demonstrably free and fair.
Restoring democracy in latin America cost too much blood for the achievement to be lighttly thrown away.
