Zombies Return

Alan Garcia, Daniel Ortega and Alberto Fujimori have a lot in common. They failed as presidents but nevertheless, they are working on a come back.

The electorate’s short memory and the weakness of their country’s institutions make a return plausible. In some cases, such as Garcia’s, the come back is more than a possibility.

As if this was not enough now Argentina also has a zombie plotting a return.

In a recent interview to Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, Carlos Menem said that he will run for president in the 2007 electoral race.

Menem’s reelection looks impossible today. So did Garcia's two years ago.