SuddenDownpour , 7 months ago

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Evolution of Bolivia’s GDP per capita. Evo Morales became president in 2006.

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Evolution of Brazil’s GDP per capita. Lula was president from 2003 to 2011.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9a63028e-7919-4f31-bff5-eb693abb2c55.jpeg

Evolution of Chile, Argentina and Venezuela’s GDP per capita. Chavez was president from 1999 to 2013, Bachelet (Chile) was president from 2006 to 2010 (as well as later, after this graph), the Kirchner ruled in Argentina from 2003 to late 2015.

I don’t think anyone is going to argue that the left is perfect, but most leftist governments in South America in the last two decades have been positive, with Maduro’s being a pretty blatant exception.