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    South America’s new political map

    Posted by vladgrinch

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    7. Iunlacht on

      In what sense does French Guyana have a left wing government? Not only is Macron’s party center right, but a plurality of Guyanese voters voted for far right party Rassemblement National during the last legislative elections.

      EDIT: Someone pointed out that the Assembly of French Guiana (Péyi Guyane) is leftwing, and so I was wrong.

    8. Deep_Contribution552 on

      So just remember, imagine you are looking at the continent from the Pacific side of the Ecuador-Colombian border!

    10. Royal-Bobcat8934 on

      Isn’t South America rather infamous for vacillating between these two extremes rather frequently?

    12. TM_Vinicius on

      Lets remember that Brazil congress, both chambers, is mostly right wing. The “left” president cant do much.

    14. jwrsk on

      Elections in Colombia are next year, and Venezuela might be “nudged” by the US soon as well. Expect more blue soon.

    21. Gorogoro415 on

      It is interesting, it is also important to remember that dividing politics in only two categories “left and right” is a BIG over simplification that can be easily used to promote hate to “the other group” while avoiding critical analysis.

    23. Ghostfire25 on

      Macron, who is of course the president of the republic that French Guyana is part of, is center to center-right.

    25. Commercial-Sky-1770 on

      You are only analyzing the presidents of these countries and not the people that is so shallow

    28. brettjmaxwell on

      It’s convenient because looking towards South America from my home in Ohio, the Left is on the left and the Right is on the right.

    29. Savings-Giraffe-4007 on

      Most of the right-wing success came from Venezuelan migrants causing an inmigration crisis everywhere they went, which was politiziced by the right.

      Right-wing political discourse became “if you don’t choose me, we will become Venezuela”, and Venezuelans = crime, poverty, etc. and they promise to be though on them. In Chile in particular, recent force demonstrations by the “Tren de Aragua” terrorist organization convinced everyone to get as far away from the left as possible.

      Ironically, most south american right-wing politicians have ties with drug-lords, which sponsor terrorist groups. People choose to ignore the connection.