Monday, June 2, 2014

Left and Center-Left Presidents in Latin America

For the 2nd edition of U.S. and Latin American Relations I am writing an entirely new chapter on the efforts to counter U.S. hegemony in the region. I thought it would be useful to have a table showing all the elections of left or center-left presidents since Hugo Chávez got the ball rolling. The list is pretty long and a reminder about how diverse the "left" really is. Even defining "center-left" can be tricky. If I have left something out, let me know.

Elections of Left or Center-Left Presidents in Latin America, 1998-2014

Year
President
Country
1998
Hugo Chávez
Venezuela
1999-2000
Ricardo Lagos
Chile
                     2000
Hugo Chávez (re-elected)
Venezuela
2002
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Brazil
2003
Néstor Kirchner
Argentina
2004
Tabaré Vázquez
Uruguay
2005
Evo Morales
Bolivia
2005
José Manuel Zelaya
Honduras
2005-2006
Michelle Bachelet
Chile
2006
Rafael Correa
Ecuador
2006
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (re-elected)
Brazil
2006
Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua
2006
Hugo Chávez (re-election)
Venezuela
2007
Álvaro Colom
Guatemala
2007
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Argentina
2008
Fernando Lugo
Paraguay
2009
José Mujica
Uruguay
2009
Mauricio Funes
El Salvador
2009
Evo Morales
Bolivia
2010
Dilma Rousseff
Brazil
2011
Ollanta Humala
Peru
2011
Daniel Ortega (re-election)
Nicaragua
2011
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (re-election)
Argentina
2012
Hugo Chávez (re-election
Venezuela
2013
Michelle Bachelet (re-election)
Chile
2013
Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela
2014
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
El Salvador
2014
Luis Guillermo Solís
Costa Rica

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