Latin America enters 2007 with renewed political leadership and generally booming economic prospects.
Venezuela's President Chavez, Brazil's President Lula, Bolivia's President Morales and Chile's President Bachelet
Latin American leaders have called for greater regional integration
New governments, especially in the Andean countries, are looking for different options to neo-liberalism and the free market approach that has dominated economic and political thinking in the region for years.
But the largest countries have voted for stability in a year of a dozen presidential elections.
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IMO, 07 will bring some interesting changes in SA and not too many wil be to Washington's approval.