The Reluctant Partner
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Volume 83, Issue 1, p. 114
ISSN: 2327-7793
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In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Volume 83, Issue 1, p. 114
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: Journal of democracy, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 108-122
ISSN: 1086-3214
Abstract: A rash of commentaries have suggested that elections last year in Brazil and Ecuador tilted Latin America far leftward. The new presidents Lula and Lino Gutierrez are portrayed as the political heirs of Castro and Chavez. This is nonsense. Latin America is not jettisoning democratic politics or shifting toward the populist left. Still, the quality of democratic politics is mediocre across the region and, in many places, is deteriorating. Some countries, prominently Argentina and Venezuela, are in crisis. Yet, politics in region's two largest countries-Brazil and Mexico-is increasingly robust, and they may soon join Latin America's perennially vibrant trio of Costa Rica, Chile and Uruguay. What endangers Latin American democracy today is not demagogic politicians, ambitious military officers, or authoritarian ideologies. It is lackluster performance-the failure of governments to meet their citizens' needs.
In: Journal of democracy, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 108-122
ISSN: 1045-5736
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Volume 81, Issue 1, p. 148
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: Foreign affairs en español, Volume 2, Issue 1, p. 130-141
ISSN: 1665-1707
World Affairs Online
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 81, Issue 1, p. 148-162
ISSN: 0015-7120
World Affairs Online
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 81, Issue 1, p. 148-162
ISSN: 0015-7120
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 80, Issue 2, p. 46-61
ISSN: 0015-7120
World Affairs Online
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Volume 80, Issue 2, p. 46
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 80, Issue 2, p. 46-61
ISSN: 0015-7120
In: FP, Issue 117, p. 104-119
ISSN: 0015-7228
World Affairs Online
In: FP, Issue 117, p. 104-113
ISSN: 0015-7228
In: FP, Issue 117, p. 104
ISSN: 1945-2276
In: The Brookings review, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 46
In: The Brookings review, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 47