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Leftists won El Salvador's elections, latin america is taken by the left.

Jomiarias

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The left took almost all latin america. Now liberals and conservatives only have control in Mexico, Honduras and Colombia. Peru, Guatemala, Panama and Chile can be considered center.

LIST OF AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND PRESIDENTS:
-COUNTRY PRESIDENT IDEOLOGY PARTY
-Argentina: Cristina Fernandez (Far-left) Front for victory
-Bolivia: Evo Morales (Far-left) Movement toward Socialism
-Brazil: Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (Center-left) Worker's party
-Chile: Michelle Bachelet (Center-right) Socialist party of Chile *
-Colombia: Álvaro Uribe (Center-right) First Colombia
-Ecuador: Rafael Correa (Far-left) PAIS Alliance
-Guyana: Bharrat Jagdeo (Center-left) People's Progressive party
-Panama: Martin Torrijos (Center-right) Revolutionary democratic party **
-Paraguay: Fernando Lugo (Center-left) Patriotic Alliance for Change
-Peru: Alan García (Center-right) APRA
-Surinam: Ronald Veneetiam (Center-left) New Front
-Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega (Far-left) Sandinist National liberation front
-Honduras: Manuel Zelaya (Center-right) Liberal party of Honduras.
-Guatemala: Alvaro Colom (Center-right) National union for hope ***
-El Salvador: Mauricio Funes (Far-left) Front Farabundo Marti for National Liberation****
-Costa Rica: Oscar Arias (Center-left) National liberation party.
-Mexico: Felipe Calderon (Center-right) National action party
-Cuba: Raul Castro (Far-left) Communist party
-Dominican Republic: Leonel Fernandez (Center-left) liberation party


* She has supported free market policies in Chile, she can be considered center-right even if she is member of the socialist party.

** More recently, the Revolutionary democratic party has become centrist. His party's candidate for next elections Balbina Herrera said she will applicate uribism and democratic security policies of Colombia in Panama

*** Socialist, but has adopted rightist policies.

****President elect
 
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