This is John Batchelor. As part of the New World Report, celebrating Venezuela and the Nobel Peace Prize for Ms. Machado,

commenting on how the Trump corollary of the Monroe Doctrine is and will be working in the Americas to dislodge the dictatorial narco-terrorism regimes.

Here we turn to Chile, just after an election in which a man cost is elected to the right

of center to reverse the indecision and plain confiscatory socialism that is proposed for Chile these last years.

Chile of all places, the home of copper mining that we must have for the 21st century

and prosperity for the Chilean people.

But still, they had to vote and vote in the direction of capitalism and transparency and democracy.

Here's Ernesto, Aroja, my colleague, to explain.

More of this tonight about the Trump corollary of the Monroe Doctrine,

beginning to transform the continent and Central

America and the new world?

Yes, John.

Well, Chile has been, for a long time, a cornerstone of democracy, free markets, good governance in South America, against

that wave of Marxist socialism associated with crime, etc. that I talked about. But finally,

not because Chilean people wanted it, but so much was done in terms of

destabilization of previous governments in Chile that the left managed to elect a far-left

president, Gabriel Boric.

But the Chilean political and economic atmosphere and society proved to be very healthy,

and they resisted that sort of attempt.

They refused a practically communist constitution that the left wanted to impose to Chile.

They had a referendum.

They refused that.

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