First Venezuela, then Bolivia. Is Peru next?

“LIMA, Peru, April 9 — Ollanta Humala, a former military officer and fierce nationalist, received the most votes in the presidential election on Sunday, edging out a pro-globalization candidate, a former president and 17 other candidates by pledging to guide Peru away from Washington-backed market reforms….
“If Mr. Humala triumphs in a second round, Peru would join a continentwide political shift in which populist candidates have won office by proposing a break with the economic policies long advocated by the United States in Latin America. Mr. Humala, whose first name means the “warrior who sees all,” has openly expressed his admiration for Venezuela’s populist president, Hugo Chávez, who in turn has praised Mr. Humala….
“His father founded an ultranationalist movement, etnocacerismo, that celebrates the superiority of the Indian race over those Peruvians descended from the Spanish. His mother has called for gays to be shot and a brother, Antauro, led a rebellion against the government last year….”

[Derb] What’s that, Jonah? You want to prod Mexico towards free-market reforms? Hope you get there before the wind does. Oh, and do we put Mexico to rights before we’ve fixed the Middle East, or after?