Title: Why is Socialism so common in Latin America? - Quora
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Why is Socialism so common in Latin America?
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Content: Social struggle is alive and well in Brazil. I can't recall the question, but I recall someone saying they were surprised Brazil never underwent a serious socialist revolution. That surprise is warranted, Brazil is almost a textbook exemplification of a country that should have fallen to the workers revolution sonner rather than later. So, to summarize, socialism is strong in South America because it has a perfect place to grow. Being a socialist myself, I'm kind of sad I'll never get to see the flag of Socialist Brazil, which I hoped would be something like this: Guilherme Duarte
, Ph.D. Theoretical Chemistry, University of California, Irvine (2018)
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What does Socialism mean for you, OP? As far as I know, the only Socialist countries in Latin America are Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolívia. Welfare programs are not signs that a country is socialist. Political labels don’t mean much over there. For instance, the most neoliberal government Brazil ever had was under Lula, a self-labeled socialist trade unionist.