The “vegetarian” left is somewhat sympathetic to free markets and believes in democracy. The “carnivorous” left promotes populist, authoritarian regimes. Lula is the natural leader of the vegetarians.
And we all know what vegetarians are called in the animal world........PREY.
Lulu Chavez and Lula de Silva Ping.
LOL! Sort of.
But that's a good point. However, the big thing Lula has going for him is that he has managed to work well with other people (not only leftists and not only in LatAm), whereas Chavez is busy alienating everybody in the universe except for Fidel and the Iranians.
I translate a lot of work from Brazil, and Brazil is obviously a hive of activity, with fair, open bids for infrastructure work in everything from phone systems to power plants. I hope Chavez doesn't bog down the entire continent with his craziness.