I did a quick Internet search for articles claiming Latin America was going left politically, and found a dozen or more in the past year. Which makes Chile's rejection Sunday of a proposed new constitution with a very left bias all the more interesting.
Perhaps there is some common sense in the region's politics after all. Some sense that Venezuela and Cuba aren't especially models to emulate in pursuit of a good life.
One robin, they say, doesn't necessarily mean spring has arrived. Let's keep watching for other signs of political practicality in our neighbors to the South.
