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Tag: The 40-year itch: Populism and polarisation threaten Latin America

Populism, polarization threaten Latin America’s democratic renewal

DemDigest    May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019   

It was one of the greatest waves of democratization ever. In 1977 all but three of the 20 countries in Latin America were dictatorships of one kind or another. By… Read more »

Analysis, Authoritarianism, Brazil, Civil Society, corruption, Cuba, Democracy Assistance and Promotion, Democratic Backsliding, democratic breakdown, Democratic institutions, democratic renewal, democratic resilience, Latin America/Caribbean    Christopher Sabatini, democratic renewal, democratization, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Latinobarómetro, Renova, Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism, The 40-year itch: Populism and polarisation threaten Latin America, The Economist

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