South Of The Border

South Of The Border (2010) is a documentary from Oliver Stone about the recent trend of South American countries that have started supporting left leaning governments of late. Stone visits five South American countries and interviews some of the leaders The following is a list of leftist presidents of the countries: Hugo Chávez of Venezuela (1998), Ricardo Lagos and later Michelle Bachelet of Chile (1999; 2006), Luís Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil (2002) and Lucio Gutiérrez and Rafael Correa of Ecuador (2002; 2006), Néstor Kirchner of Argentina, succeeded by his wife Cristina (2003 and 2007), Tabaré Vázquez and José Mujica of Uruguay (2004 and 2008), Evo Morales of Bolivia (2005), and Fernando Lugo of Paraguay (2008). Sometimes the interviews are fascinating, but I would have preferred more insight as to why these leaders came into power and more on why IMF (International Money Fund) and World Bank caused havoc to South American economies like Argentina in particular. An interesting and timely film, that could have been more focused and insightful.