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 “ ...
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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 Índice de Democracia, producido anualmente por la Unidad de Inteligencia de The Economist (EIU por su sigla en inglés), ha venido <anchor>cayendo</anchor> 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%.
Latin America is under authoritarian threat
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