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What if the Latin American Nations in South America, ruled by Populist Left Wing leaders would join forces, to create a sort of Soviet Union of the South?

Certainly the leaders of several such nations are dreaming of such a thing, more or less created by their dislike of the USA and the West in general. So what if these nations join in a continental large power, of the combined South American Nations, or at least most of them, with exceptions in the North (Colombia) and South (Chili and Argentina), who remain neutral and would not join such a powerblock, due to their own reasons.

The primary focus is the question: Would such a new block be capable of infuencing world affairs seriously, simmilar to the old USSR in the Cold War?

How would it function and how could it succeed, against the odds of things like economic blockade and a stronger, more unified UN, in international affairs?

Finally, How would the new government in the current USA under President Obama react on such a thing?
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