Actually, the nightmare is for Bolivia. Not that leftists here notice -- they still think Cuba is the workers' paradise.

"We've got bigger problems than which leftist is running which South American country into the ground today."

Yeah, you would never catch the U.S. government interfering with the internal politics of South / Central American countries.

No, this is a problem. Bolivia and Venezuela, the two top producing oil and energy states in Latin America, are now in the hands of leftists. This new regime will also be looking to increase the production of the cocoa leaf which means mas cocaine flooding into our nation which means more criminal activity (and no doubt el presidente Jorge W. Bush's guest worker plan will even further increase the number of smugglers across our border).Americans should be concerned about this development.

We're gonna wake up one day and realize Latin America is our biggest problem......WATCH...

That's the thing, Urbane: yes, we once cared because we had the Soviet Union trying to take over countries and convert them to Communism, all the while using them as a point near the US with which they can threaten us. So, yes, it used to matter to us. These days? Like, I wrote, we've got bigger problems than South American countries electing anti-American (are there any other kinds?) leftists. You want to have your people starve, go on and elect a Communist. Works every time. My only hope is that when they're eating grass, we won't bail them out. But, of course, we're suckers and we probably will.

So if they are starving, Karol, where will they go ? Guest workers in the wings ! Mucho gracias el senor presidente !