Question

How has democracy in South America affected the region?

Answer 1

Economic issues seem to have completely eclipsed discussions of how to strengthen and consolidate democracy and human development in Latin America.

• If these problems go neglected problems of poverty and poor governance will come

In Central America, peace agreements have been signed and democratic institutions put in place in the countries that were torn by war in the 1970s and 80s.

• But did you know weapons from those wars have remained in the hands of soldiers and rebels, or have been sold on the street, contributing to violent crime.

Many of the democratically elected governments of South America still do not have their militaries sufficiently subordinated to civilian authority,

In Latin America, they are seeing rapid losses of confidence in even new and hard-won democracies.

In the end, their hope lies in the education of their children,