RADICAL LEFT SOCIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA

The article discusses the theoretical issues of the development of the radical left direction of socialism in Latin America in the second half of the 20th - early 21st centuries using the examples of four countries: Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua. The continuity of the socialist ideology and the final transition to caudilism and dictatorship are noted. As a result of the analysis, the authors come to the conclusion that today's radical moods in the countries under consideration continue to be fundamental, despite their obvious departure from the ideal model of socialism.