Pew Report 2014: Views on Politics
Latin Americans generally embrace democracy as their preferred form of government. In most of the countries surveyed, majorities or pluralities also say they would prefer a government that refrains from promoting religious values and beliefs. But Latin Americans are more divided on the extent to which religious leaders should influence politics.
The Rise of Populism and the Left in Latin America
The ideological center of gravity in Latin America is, by world standards, slightly to the right, yet attitudes are moving to the left. Ideological cleavages in Latin America, long after the Cold War's end, still line up along a distinct left-right dimension, and voters support parties consistent with their ideological orientations. The gap between left and right is very narrow, however, in some countries like Costa Rica, but strikingly wide in other countries such as Chile, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
The Battle For Peru
Peru's Political Crisis, Explained
After an attempted self-coup ending in the arrest of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo in December [2022], longstanding political and social tensions in Peru have resulted in popular unrest and a deadly government crackdown with no clear path to political compromise — or an end to the violence.
Pew Report 2014: Views on Politics
Source: "Chapter 7: Views on Politics" in Religion in Latin America Report, Pew Research, 2014, https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2014/11/13/chapter-7-views-on-politics/
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The Rise of Populism and the Left in Latin America
Source: Seligson, Mitchell A. "The Democracy Barometers (Part I): The Rise of Populism and the Left in Latin America." Journal of Democracy, vol. 18 no. 3, 2007, p. 81-95. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2007.0057
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The Battle For Peru
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How Years of Instability Came to a Head in Peru
Source: Ellen Ioanes, Vox Media, January 29, 2023, https://www.vox.com/23576393/peru-political-crisis-castillo-boluarte-elections-congress
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