1.The very recent past in Latin America suggested at least the possibility of a swing back toward populism. Research this question and decide whether current populism in Latin America is similar to past populist movements, especially by comparing economic policies. Candidates forpopulist leaders include Chavez (Venezuela), Correa (Ecuador), Ortega (Nicaragua), Morales (Bolivia), Kirchener and Fernandez (Argentina), and Zelaya (Honduras). Perhaps most notably is the way Lula (Brazil) confounds this category. 2.Contrast the characteristics of economic growth in the HPAE with the characteristics in Latin America. Solution Latin America region is very different from other regions in the world. There are countries in latin america that can pretty much survive on their own and their diverse background make them unique in this world Popularity of leaders in Latin america is huge, There are instances where even countries in Asia took leaders of communist latin america as their role models and still many do believe that the best form of communism is by cuba. While this all is nothing new, there are numerous instances where many leaders in south america have collapsed their economy, Ex: Argentine economy. While some economies do best on par with western countries Ex: Chile BRICS is Brazil first and most advanced country, Brazil naturally has advantage of good infrastrucre and good economy.

1. 1.The very recent past in Latin America suggested at least the possibility of a swing back toward
populism. Research this question and decide whether current populism in Latin America is
similar to past populist movements, especially by comparing economic policies. Candidates
forpopulist leaders include Chavez (Venezuela), Correa (Ecuador), Ortega (Nicaragua), Morales
(Bolivia), Kirchener and Fernandez (Argentina), and Zelaya (Honduras). Perhaps most notably is
the way Lula (Brazil) confounds this category.
2.Contrast the characteristics of economic growth in the HPAE with the characteristics in Latin
America.
Solution
Latin America region is very different from other regions in the world. There are countries in
latin america that can pretty much survive on their own and their diverse background make them
unique in this world
Popularity of leaders in Latin america is huge, There are instances where even countries in Asia
took leaders of communist latin america as their role models and still many do believe that the
best form of communism is by cuba.
While this all is nothing new, there are numerous instances where many leaders in south america
have collapsed their economy, Ex: Argentine economy. While some economies do best on par
with western countries Ex: Chile
BRICS is Brazil first and most advanced country, Brazil naturally has advantage of good
infrastrucre and good economy