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To: Suma who wrote (21325)	6/17/2006 12:45:50 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541429

It's not correct that "most" of South America is headed that direction; some countries have (Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia), some have not (Colombia, Peru) in recent elections. And the Chilean prime minister doesn't seem dogmatically anti-capitalist at all after all the success the Chilean economy has had, during part of which she was in the Cabinet. There is no effective international socialist alliance of heads of state that I know of now though Chavez is trying to start something. If you exclude the "socialist" parties that are really just social democrats in the European mold (not advocates of big state control of the economy, just a strong welfare net), you end up with a relative handful. In Africa, most people realize that state corruption and incompetence are the biggest threats to development. They aren't agitating to abolish the private sector or keep foreign investment out. Most would kill for more foreign economic involvement in their staggering economies, with the Nigerian oil rebels the notable exception. Plus Mugabe, but he is totally bonkers anyway.