Many observers see a repeat of the “pink tide” that followed Hugo Chávez’s rise to power in Venezuela in 1999. Successive leftist victories then went to Chilean President Ricardo Lagos in ...

Such a move would mark another crucial blow to Latin America's so-called "pink tide", which was already ... foreign observers from entering Venezuela suggest these will not be fair elections.

Colombia has elected its first leftist president, adding to a growing shift towards the left in the region and prompting talk of a new 'pink tide', a reference to a surge of leftist governments in ...