Some years ago three former Latin American leftists wrote a classic book, Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot, in which they detailed the cultural factors and idiotic thinking on politics and economics which kept Latin America poor. I often thought that were I rich, my contribution to the welfare of  South America would be to distribute this book (in its native Spanish) to every library and high school student in Latin America.The President of Peru, Alan Garcia, shows he's gotten the message though I can't be certain he read the book. LIMA, April 4 (Reuters) - An ideological battle has split Latin America between open democracies embracing free markets and leftist regimes opposing them, Peru President Alan Garcia said on Friday.Garcia, a former leftist whose first term in the 1980s ended in economic chaos, now fervently supports free trade and mainstream policies that helped Peru's economy grow 9 percent last year, one of the fastest paces in the world."South America...(Read Full Post)