These include not only leftist guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, but also right-wing militias operating under names like the Black Eagles or the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Nariño.
But it is not only the leftists of Latin America who see something in the pontiff.
The American-trained and -equipped Salvadoran Army, which was an effective fighting force in the 1980's in the sense that its soldiers were excellent killers, eliminated not only the leftist rebels who were its official enemies but large numbers of ordinary civilians and political activists who were not bearing arms.
The short-term future of Greece – and the integrity of the eurozone – may depend on how far Lagarde, a cool, always elegant 59-year-old Frenchwoman, manages to exercise influence, get people talking and bridge divides not only between the leftist Syriza-led Greek government of prime minister Alexis Tsipras and its creditors, but also among the lenders themselves.
The decision to sell off public assets invested with such historic significance has not only angered anti-austerity leftists.
He said that not only are today's leftists out of touch with current issues, but many of them conveniently forget the atrocities committed under communism.
(Ironically, Armitage may have added to that concern on December 6th, when he told a CSIS conference on the U.S.-South Korean alliance that he now favored a U.S. policy of regime change in North Korea -- something that's anathema not only to South Korean leftists but to many centrists as well).
This year's presidential election in Chile marks not only the return to leftist policies, but also stands as a powerful symbol of reflection on the 17-year dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
After serving in the Spanish armed forces, de Benós, the scion of the "barons of Lés, counts of Argelejo and marquises of Rosalmonte" according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, rebelled against his noble origins and became not only a hyper-radical leftist, but also the founder of the Korean Friendship Association.
That's not just leftist idiocy, it's criminal negligence.
