POLITICAL FORCES IN LATIN AMERICA

In: Problems of communism, Band 25, Heft 5, S. 65-68

Abstract

MOST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES TODAY ARE RULED BY AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES IN WHICH A DOMINANT MILITARY IS COMMITTED TO THE "DEPOLITIZATION OF POLITICS" AND IN WHICH THE MASSES EXERT LITTLE POLITICAL INFLUENCE BEYOND THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE CHALLENGE TO SUCH AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES NOW COMES LESS FROM OLD-LINE MARXIST PARTIES THAN FROM RADICAL NATIONALISTS PLEDGED TO REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES.