The "rich" you're referring to are the Kulaks. The real rich don't care if the government is leftist or right wing, as long as they control it.
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As long as they aren't taxed you may also add. If some country is going to implement social policies in Latin America it's going to get couped anyway. It's expressly forbidden any sort of social system because the boss in North doesn't want people to see that in their backyard