Mises Wire
Author:
Ryan McMaken
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Ten years ago, South America was witnessing the rise of what came to be known as the “ pink tide .” Characterized by an allegedly kinder and softer version of socialism than the “red” communism of Castro’s Cuba, the pink tide had begun with the election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela in 1998, followed by the election of Lula da Silva in Brazil in