CARACAS: Recent electoral upsets in Argentina and Venezuela could herald a crumbling of the leftist bloc that has prevailed in Latin America over much of the past two decades, analysts say.

Tumbling commodity prices have thrown the region into economic turbulence, while many voters are said to be tiring of their leftist leaders—though those in countries such as Ecuador and Bolivia seem to be going strong.

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