摘要：This paper analyses social spending of left and center-left governments recently elected in Latin American countries. It compares the expenditure on targeted social programs as well as on health and education trying to identify what the actions these so-called progressive administrations would be bringing to the social field with regards to old practices. It also stresses the relation between proposals presented by these progressive actors before they were in power and what the put in practice afterwards.
关键词：Partidos de esquerda;governos progressistas;gasto social;América Latina;eleições.
