Indeed, it is only on the margins where Latin America’s left is striving to differ – and partly succeeding. The areas where this new and old left can make a difference include improving anti-poverty programs, expanding housing and property rights, effective land reform, developing education, science, and technology, and, perhaps most importantly, strengthening democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in a region where they have been woefully absent for decades.
实际上，拉美左翼人士试图改变的仅限于一些边缘问题ľ并且取得了部分成功。新老左派之间的不同之处包括改善反贫困计划、扩大住房和财产权利、进行有效的土地改革、发展教育、科学和技术，以及最重要的，加强拉美地区几十年来不曾有过的民主、人权和法治建设。