5. Yes, it's less extensive without the complete integration of the Soviet Bloc, but it still happens. As for the second bit, yes? I mean it's still true OTL if you define socialism as government intervention in the economy (which I dispute), so as to get the "mixture of capitalism and socialism" that the "mixed economy" refers to, but it's about the same as OTL.
6. The US generally steps back from Latin America during the New Detente period, and apart from a few exceptions, the most notable being Fujimori's Peru, Latin America remains mostly dictator-free, and the position of the capitalist democracies stabilize temporarily during the commodity boom in the 2000s. (And the history of decades of US-backed coups cows the left for a while.)
Then in the 2010s, the commodity boom ends and large-scale protests and political violence erupts against austerity and inequality that lasts through the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, Bernie Sanders wins an upset victory in the US, and many leftist groups in Latin America shift to electoral tactics after his success, and by the 20's, a
Pink Tide is sweeping across the region.
7. The neoliberal reformers were already pursuing their policies in the 70s and 80s, before the Soviets collapsed OTL, without knowledge of it's imminent demise, so ITTL I don't see why it would be that much less than OTL. As for populism, yes that too occurs, although here the (democratic) left is ascendant. Here are some of the more noteworthy examples:
In America, Bernie Sanders wins an upset victory, losing the popular vote, but winning the presidency. After a period of establishment panic and rumors of a coup, ultimately, things settle down, and he proves to be a pragmatic reformer. He doesn't fulfill most of his radical promises, but he gets things like Medicare for All passed, which is nice when the pandemic hits. His election triggers a thaw across Latin America, and leftist parties win elections across the region in the late 10's and early 20's.
In France, the PCF forms an alliance with the Socialist Party, and they are the current governing coalition in France.
In West Germany, a new leftist party called
Die Alternative is formed, and rapidly picks up steam through the 2010s.
In Italy, the results are the most dramatic, with the Italian Communist Party gaining strength through the Great Recession and the unpopular austerity in the aftermath, as the "permanent opposition" party. Combined with relaxed fears of them turning Italy into a Communist dictatorship if they win after the success of the
Belgrade Spring, the PCI wins a stunning 40% of the vote during the 2023 general election, becoming the largest party in Italy, and the establishment is in a state of panic, and are currently debating whether or not to let them into the government as part of a grand coalition.
8. I assume you mean de-industrialized? If so, it's about the same as OTL, since the forces that caused it (globalization, NAFTA, the rise of places like Japan, Korea, China, etc) were already in play before the Soviet collapse, and wouldn't have really been affected by it.
