Socialism of the 21st century is an interpretation of socialist principles first advocated by German sociologist and political analyst Heinz Dieterich and taken up by a number of Latin American leader
Fernando Lugo (President of Paraguay), Evo Morales (President of Bolivia), Lula da Silva (President of Brazil), Rafael Correa (President of Ecuador) and Hugo Chávez (President of Venezuela) on 29 January 2009
Evo Morales, the former president of Bolivia, is often associated with post-neoliberalism.
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, wh
Socialism of the 21st century
…communal governance and previous Latin America socialist and communist movements, including those of Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and the Sandinista National Liberation Front. According to Dieterich, this form of socialism is revolutionary in that the existing society is altered to be qualitatively different, but the process…
ARDE Frente Sur Contras in 1987
Flag of Nicaragua and the FSLN flown together
1979 FSLN poster reading: "Consolidate the Revolution in the rearguard and with literacy" (Spanish: A consolidar la Revolución en la Retaguardia y la Alfabetización)
U.S. Marines with the captured flag of Augusto César Sandino in Nicaragua, 1932