1. Argentina and Venezuela: Enduring Neo-Populism

2. Peronismo Peronismo : Argentinean populist and nationalistic policies that Juan Perón espoused as President (1946-1955 and 1973-1974.) Today split into radical left-wing and right-wing parties.

3. Privatization Privatization: The sale to private owners of state-owned assets; dismantling of existing statutory restrictions on competition; contracting out of publicly provided services. While the objective is often to increase the efficiency of government activities, privatization may also have important effects on government revenue.

5. Bolivarian Revolution Bolivarian Revolution: After Simon Bolivar (el Libertador) (1783-1830), vague set of political and economic reforms including parliamentary democracy with a president for life and the rejection of external economic influences.

6. References All definitions from: Oxford English Dictionary (online) http://dictionary.oed.com And Encyclopædia Britannica Online (academic edition) http://search.eb.com/