As right-wing dictators wreaked havoc on Latin America during the last century, left-wing movements played a major role in the struggle for democracy. At that time, such movements valiantly fought against the perpetuation in power -- continuismo is the Spanish word -- of dictators. They opposed military coups and became staunch advocates of freedom of expression and respect for human rights. Last but not least, imbued by a Marxist ideology they thought to be scientific, they claimed to be the heralds of an egalitarian society that the so-called laws of history made ineluctable.
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