South America Leads Way on Democracy. Bushoviks Worried.

This must be one of them pendulum swinging things.

Used to be South American countries were ruled by corrupt, right-wing, fascist dictators, usually installed by us to further U.S. business interests.

Now they're electing populist leaders that actually give a damn about the people.

While here in the U.S., well, you know.

You go South America, maybe we can learn from you.

LIMA, PERU – Venezuelans have a president who supports peasant land grabs, gives
Cuba free oil, and makes dirty jokes about the US secretary of State on national
TV. Bolivia recently elected a former llama herder who wears a woolly sweater to
formal diplomatic functions and is dedicated to stopping the US eradication of
coca, the leaf from which cocaine is made.
But if Peru's presidential
front-runner Ollanta Humala - a retired Army officer with no governing
experience - emerges victorious after Sunday's vote, he soon may give
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and Bolivia's Evo Morales a run for their money as the
South American leader most worrying to Washington.