Much of South America's failure can be traced back to big state socialism and its implications. My question is, how badly were South American socialist movements affected by Soviet aid? Without it, how right wing and/or free market would the region generally be?
EDIT: For the record, let's suppose there's no WWI to begin with, and any major conflict is avoided until the 1940's. This means no "zeitgeist" for socialism, communism etc. that could've contributed to the question at hand even without material or intellectual help.
EDIT: For the record, let's suppose there's no WWI to begin with, and any major conflict is avoided until the 1940's. This means no "zeitgeist" for socialism, communism etc. that could've contributed to the question at hand even without material or intellectual help.