Major setbacks in elections this year do not mark end for Latin American leftists but a new start

Rumours of the Latin American left’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Over the last month – since the slim victory of Mauricio Macri in Argentina and the defeat of Nicolas Maduro’s governing party in legislative elections in Venezuela – Western publications have been breathlessly announcing the “death” of the Latin American left. Left-leaning parties have indeed…