Short descriptive ppts showing the various leftist governments in south america, with short introduction on what is Leftism

2. Introduction

3. Left-Wing Politics
A position that accepts or supports
SOCIAL EQUALITY
• Often in opposition to social hierarchy and social
ineqauality
Revolves around the Concern for the
following:
• The Disadvantage relative to others
• And the unjustified inequalities that needs to be
abolished

4. Beginnings
French
Parliament
Monarchy
Left
&
Right
Generally
opposed the
Monarchy and
Supported the
revolution
Supported the
Old Regime
Traditional in
keeping the
King
French Revolution
(1789-1799)

5. Over the Course of time
Left
Transformed
Socialism,
Communism
and
Anarchism
Civil rights
movements,
Anti-War,
Environment
French
Revolution
Twentieth
Century

6. The Two-Party System
• Left and Right now used as
labels for two different
parties
• The extension of “Left-wing”
to refer to whole Parties
• Democratic party in the US
• Labour Party in the UK

8. Pink Tide or Turn to
the Left
The increasing
influence of Left-
wing politics in
Latin America in
the 21st Century
Pink Tide Nations

9. • Nation: President
• Cuba: Raul Castro
• Venezuela: Nicolas
Maduro
• Chile: Michelle Bachelet
• Brazil: Dilma Rouseff
• Argentina: Cristina
Fernandez de Kirchner
• Dominican Rep.: Danilo
Medina
• Uruguay: Jose Mujica
• Bolivia: Evo Morales
• Honduras: Manuel
Zelaya
• Nicaragua: Daniel
Ortega
• Ecuador: Rafael Correa
• Paraguay: Fernando
Lugo
• El Salvador: Mauricio
Funes
• Peru: Ollanta Humala
14 Nations that are Leftist

10. Prominent Left-Wing Nations
Cuba
ChileVenezuela

11. Cuba
• Based on the 1992
constitution and the ideas of
JOSE MARTI
• Lead the charge for Social
reformation, through Agrarian
reforms and Health reforms
• One of the world’s four
remaining socialist states
espousing communism
• The other 3 being: China,
Laos and Vietnam
• Cuban Economy adheres
to Socialist Principles
• Planned Economy
• On 1965 under Fidel
Castro; the nation revived
the Communist Party of
Cuba
• During its development in
the 1990’s it was
supported by other
socialist nations such as
China, Venezuela and
Bolivia

12. Venezuela
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Major Figure: Hugo Chavez
Under his Bolivarian Revolution
Venezuela created a new Constitution
• The party formulated the following policies:
• Redistribution of wealth, land reform, and
democratization of economic activity

13. • Republic of
Chile
• South America’s
most stable and
prosperous
nations
• Democracy
returned after
the fall of the
military
government of
Augusto
Pinochet
Chile
• Chile achieved
economic
success through
economic
liberalization and
privatization
combined with
social reforms
• 210% increase
in social
spending at low
income sectors
• The Miracle of
Chile