Revertir la decadencia democrática de América Latina
Si bien esta cifra superó el 60% en Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay, estos son los únicos tres países latinoamericanos que la EIU no cataloga como “ ...
Índice de Democracia
A partir de mediados de los años 1980, luego de un período prolongado dominado por dictaduras militares, América Latina experimentó un renacer democrático. Pero su desempeño en el <anchor>Índice de Democracia</anchor>, producido anualmente por la Unidad de Inteligencia de The Economist (EIU por su sigla en inglés), ha venido cayendo por siete años. Paralelamente, las percepciones populares también se han derrumbado: Latinobarómetro informa que, de 2010 a 2019, el respaldo a la democracia en América Latina cayó del 63% al 49%.
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