Do the latin american left governments that have contended for contended for power and governed since the ots still maintain, perhaps, drawing on dependency theory? Have they basically picked up where dependency theorists left off in terms of their emphasis on global inequality. And are they using similar instruments, or the instruments look the same, but are actually kind of very different. I don't think i have a concrete answer to this question, but i do think it's there. There are certain initiatives that sat were put for word vi cepalinos in sort of the development era, that come only to be realized to more to a larger and more fuller extent in the neo liberal era.