Culture and institutions of democracy are proving to be resilient in Latin America

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By Andrés Velasco (*) SANTIAGO – Just in recent months, Peru’s president attempted to dissolve Congress, Argentina’s vice president was convicted of fraud, and Brazil’s incumbent president threatened not to leave office if he lost the upcoming election. Add the consolidation of dictatorships in Venezuela and Nicaragua and the Salvadoran president’s announcement that he will seek re-election despite constitutional limits, and it would seem that democracy is in trouble in Latin America Read full article

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Brasileiro
Great article.

Just one point: Lula is the most investigated man in the contemporary world and no evidence of corruption has ever been found against him. Therefore, the conviction was not annulled for mere “technicalism”, but rather for the absurdity of keeping a political prisoner within a republic that claimed to be democratic.
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