Democratically Elected leaders in Latin American

Democratically Elected leaders in Latin American

Democracy in Latin American

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, democratization has become a challenge and high priority for the diverse peoples and governments of Latin America. Although the majority of the region's governments are formal democracies today, the process of democratization, in terms of democratic consolidation and deepening, continues. Citizens throughout the hemisphere, not unlike citizens across the Atlantic in Africa, are demanding greater accountability; transparency; civil, political, and human rights; community control and local participation; and socioeconomic reforms. The meaning of democracy has expanded from a ...