Chomsky: Leftist Latin American Governments Have Failed to Build Sustainable Economies
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In Ecuador, leftist ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno narrowly beat out right-wing former banker Guillermo Lasso in Sunday's presidential runoff vote. The election is seen as an outlier in the recent trend in Latin America, which has seen right-wing governments rise to power. For more on the politics in Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela and across Latin America, we speak with Noam Chomsky, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author.