From TPM Cafe: Latin America and economic development; Fukuyama on Hugo Chávez

By artappraiser | bio

"Is Latin America willing to sacrifice some of its traditional Iberian “virtues” in order to develop and, yes, get rich. Or is that too American and “materialistic”?" (blurb from Arts & Letters Daily where I found the link):

Hoover Digest
"LATIN AMERICA: Get Serious, Amigos"
BY William Ratliff
Do the nations of Latin America really want economic development?

William Ratliff is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

BUENOS AIRES—The Western Hemisphere meeting in Buenos Aires that drew the most attention recently was the Summit of the Americas in November 2005. But any serious discussion of real issues at the summit was blind-sided by the anti–George W. Bush campaign of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales (a candidate at the time of the summit), and the faded soccer idol Diego Maradona......

Have Asians been more successful over the past 40 years because they are smarter or more virtuous than Latins?....

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"History's Against Him"
By Francis Fukuyama
Washington Post, Sunday, August 6

CARACAS, Venezuela

Early on in Hugo Chávez's political career.....

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