Very good news indeed.

If only the late great Hugo Chavez had lived to see this.

As an Atheist I do not believe in heaven, or hell, but a small part of me hopes he can see the avalanche of change he started !!!!!!!

Viva South America !!!

we don't always see an abundance of it in this life.

Another thing to be filed under "If God doesn't exist, we'd invent him, her or it."

I tried to be an agnostic or an atheist, but it didn't take. Not religious, though.

spreads north!

.... YAY!!!!!! Thanks for this great news, Juli Lynn.

Thanks for this thread.

I suspected it had to be posted by you from the subject line. All the more interested seeing it from you. Continued thanks.

.....except for our intervention w/ 'strongmen' totalitarian leaders.

Wonderful news! Now, when will the U.S. oust its right-wing from power? Let's do it!

It seems like the only good Political News is coming out of Latin America these days.
Too bad it is ignored by the Media,
and demonized by the leadership of both Political Parties in the USA.

The Condemnation of the emerging Transparent Democracies in Latin America is one of the very few issues upon which the Republican and Democratic Leaderships are in total agreement. They both continue to fund the few remaining Right Wing, Police State Oligarchies like Colombia, the 3rd largest recipient of US Foreign Aid and beneficiary of a brand new "Free Trade" agreement from the Obama Administration.

The Populist Reforms in Central & South America give me HOPE for The World.
They have successfully taken their countries back from the hands of the 1% in near bloodless Ballot Box Revolutions.
They have given us the Blue Print.

Spread the WORD!
Viva Democracy!
I pray we get some here soon.