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.
