Democracy in Latin America.(Reprint)(Essay)

From: World Affairs | Date: June 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

HOW democratic are the other republics of America? How democratic are the people of these republics? These are not easy questions to answer for two reasons: First, because the answer must be different for each country and each presents a different situation; Second, because the answer depends also upon one's concept of democracy.

It is probably lair to say that Latin Americans as people are as democratic as Anglo-Americans. But their democracy is expressed in different institutions and patterns of behavior. Some Latin American opinions on the subject, like those of Jose ...

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