The West vs. The Rest, The Current State of Play; Latin America Pt 2.2, Colombia and Venezuela.

As we have seen in the previous parts covering Latin America, the story of the region is one of domestic colonial elites that escaped the rule of the home country and have maintained power ever since. Any exceptions, such as Haiti, and more recently Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, are dealt with harshly by the West. The main differences are within the el…