For a period, left-of-center governments in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela formed what the media called a “pink tide” that concretized the World Social Forum (WSF) slogan: “Another world is possible.”  ..…

Pedro Fuentes and Tiago Madeira, leaders of a revolutionary current associated with radical parties such as the Party of Socialism and Liberty in Brazil and Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide) in Venezuela, raised support for Sanders to a crucial test for the international left:  . ..…

Venezuela’s aspiration to create an anti-yankee alliance went under along with its economy. . . . Brazil’s aspiration to regional leadership also is on hold. . . . Barack Obama, although above all for internal reasons, is trying to attenuate Latin American bitterness toward the U.S. ..…