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"The left made more inroads into Latin America" with the election of Tabare Varquez to serve as president of Uruguay, reported the AP on November 1. Varquez, the first leftist to lead Uruguay, "won the presidency in his third attempt after toning down some earlier firey left-wing proposals and choosing Danilo Astori, well-regarded in Wall Street, as economy minister."
Predictably, Varquez described Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva--a veteran Marxist agitator and comrade of Fidel Castro--as his "main inspiration." "Lula," as he is commonly known, is supported by both the revolutionary Latin ...