摘要：The thesis of the two Lefts, repeated monotonously in Latin American political and academic circles, differentiates a «pragmatic», «sensible» and «modern» tendency, represented by Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, from another, «demagogic», «nationalist» and «populist», present in Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina and Mexico. This article argues that, looked at more closely, the Left has asumed a specific form in each of these countries in line with the institutional heritage of neoliberalism, the role of the social movements and the historical trajectory of the progressive parties. There are, therefore, more than two Lefts, although they all share a desire to recover the role of the State and improve the social situation by going beyond the neoliberal agenda.
