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According to the annual report of the British magazine ‘The Economist’, world democracy has suffered an unprecedented setback. For the second consecutive year, this report focused on the government system of the countries analyzed and the measures applied to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, which, although necessary, in many cases directly affected democratic indicators. In this edition of El Debate we analyze the situation in Latin America according to this study.
According to the report by ‘The Economist’, the global democracy index fell from 5.37 in 2020 to 5.28 in the course of just one year. This represents the biggest drop since 2010, when the indicators fell due to the global financial crisis.
The weakest point at the global level is Latin America, where democracy in the region has been in rapid and sustained decline for the last six years. But the year 2021 not only places Latin America as the one with the greatest democratic deterioration, but also broke a record in the most forceful decline since ‘The Economist’ began publishing this report in 2006.
The report evaluates five indicators in total: the electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of the government, political participation, the political culture that each country has, and civil liberties. This latest assessment was conducted in 165 independent states and two territories.
According to the results in each of the countries, the study places the States in four categories according to the health of their democracies. The classification according to the type of regime is as follows: “full democracy”, a group to which only 21 countries in the world belong and is led by the Nordic countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland and New Zealand joins them. The second category is “imperfect democracy”, followed by “hybrid regime” and lastly “authoritarian regime”, a group to which some 59 countries belong.
According to the report, the top 5 of the healthiest democracies in Latin America is led by Uruguay, considered a full democracy and ranked 13th worldwide; follows him Costa Rica, also in the same category, ranked 20th. They are the only two countries considered “full democracy” in the region. In third position follows chili, considered an imperfect democracy ranked 25th worldwide. The fourth place has Trinidad and Tobago ranked 41st and Jamaica closes the list with position 42.
Instead, the last five countries in the region in this ranking are: Guatemalaconsidered an “authoritarian regime” ranked 99th worldwide, is followed by Haiti in 119, Nicaragua in the 140, Cuba it ranks at 142 and Venezuela at 151. All are considered countries with an “authoritarian regime.”
What are the causes for this general fall of democracy in the region? How much has the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic affected? What kind of governments and states are we building in Latin America? We analyze this topic together with our guests:
– Irene Mia, leader of the research program on security, governance and geoeconomics at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IIEE).
– Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue.
First modification:
According to the annual report of the British magazine ‘The Economist’, world democracy has suffered an unprecedented setback. For the second consecutive year, this report focused on the government system of the countries analyzed and the measures applied to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, which, although necessary, in many cases directly affected democratic indicators. In this edition of El Debate we analyze the situation in Latin America according to this study.
According to the report by ‘The Economist’, the global democracy index fell from 5.37 in 2020 to 5.28 in the course of just one year. This represents the biggest drop since 2010, when the indicators fell due to the global financial crisis.
The weakest point at the global level is Latin America, where democracy in the region has been in rapid and sustained decline for the last six years. But the year 2021 not only places Latin America as the one with the greatest democratic deterioration, but also broke a record in the most forceful decline since ‘The Economist’ began publishing this report in 2006.
The report evaluates five indicators in total: the electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of the government, political participation, the political culture that each country has, and civil liberties. This latest assessment was conducted in 165 independent states and two territories.
According to the results in each of the countries, the study places the States in four categories according to the health of their democracies. The classification according to the type of regime is as follows: “full democracy”, a group to which only 21 countries in the world belong and is led by the Nordic countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland and New Zealand joins them. The second category is “imperfect democracy”, followed by “hybrid regime” and lastly “authoritarian regime”, a group to which some 59 countries belong.
According to the report, the top 5 of the healthiest democracies in Latin America is led by Uruguay, considered a full democracy and ranked 13th worldwide; follows him Costa Rica, also in the same category, ranked 20th. They are the only two countries considered “full democracy” in the region. In third position follows chili, considered an imperfect democracy ranked 25th worldwide. The fourth place has Trinidad and Tobago ranked 41st and Jamaica closes the list with position 42.
Instead, the last five countries in the region in this ranking are: Guatemalaconsidered an “authoritarian regime” ranked 99th worldwide, is followed by Haiti in 119, Nicaragua in the 140, Cuba it ranks at 142 and Venezuela at 151. All are considered countries with an “authoritarian regime.”
What are the causes for this general fall of democracy in the region? How much has the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic affected? What kind of governments and states are we building in Latin America? We analyze this topic together with our guests:
– Irene Mia, leader of the research program on security, governance and geoeconomics at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IIEE).
– Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue.
First modification:
According to the annual report of the British magazine ‘The Economist’, world democracy has suffered an unprecedented setback. For the second consecutive year, this report focused on the government system of the countries analyzed and the measures applied to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, which, although necessary, in many cases directly affected democratic indicators. In this edition of El Debate we analyze the situation in Latin America according to this study.
According to the report by ‘The Economist’, the global democracy index fell from 5.37 in 2020 to 5.28 in the course of just one year. This represents the biggest drop since 2010, when the indicators fell due to the global financial crisis.
The weakest point at the global level is Latin America, where democracy in the region has been in rapid and sustained decline for the last six years. But the year 2021 not only places Latin America as the one with the greatest democratic deterioration, but also broke a record in the most forceful decline since ‘The Economist’ began publishing this report in 2006.
The report evaluates five indicators in total: the electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of the government, political participation, the political culture that each country has, and civil liberties. This latest assessment was conducted in 165 independent states and two territories.
According to the results in each of the countries, the study places the States in four categories according to the health of their democracies. The classification according to the type of regime is as follows: “full democracy”, a group to which only 21 countries in the world belong and is led by the Nordic countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland and New Zealand joins them. The second category is “imperfect democracy”, followed by “hybrid regime” and lastly “authoritarian regime”, a group to which some 59 countries belong.
According to the report, the top 5 of the healthiest democracies in Latin America is led by Uruguay, considered a full democracy and ranked 13th worldwide; follows him Costa Rica, also in the same category, ranked 20th. They are the only two countries considered “full democracy” in the region. In third position follows chili, considered an imperfect democracy ranked 25th worldwide. The fourth place has Trinidad and Tobago ranked 41st and Jamaica closes the list with position 42.
Instead, the last five countries in the region in this ranking are: Guatemalaconsidered an “authoritarian regime” ranked 99th worldwide, is followed by Haiti in 119, Nicaragua in the 140, Cuba it ranks at 142 and Venezuela at 151. All are considered countries with an “authoritarian regime.”
What are the causes for this general fall of democracy in the region? How much has the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic affected? What kind of governments and states are we building in Latin America? We analyze this topic together with our guests:
– Irene Mia, leader of the research program on security, governance and geoeconomics at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IIEE).
– Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue.
First modification:
According to the annual report of the British magazine ‘The Economist’, world democracy has suffered an unprecedented setback. For the second consecutive year, this report focused on the government system of the countries analyzed and the measures applied to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, which, although necessary, in many cases directly affected democratic indicators. In this edition of El Debate we analyze the situation in Latin America according to this study.
According to the report by ‘The Economist’, the global democracy index fell from 5.37 in 2020 to 5.28 in the course of just one year. This represents the biggest drop since 2010, when the indicators fell due to the global financial crisis.
The weakest point at the global level is Latin America, where democracy in the region has been in rapid and sustained decline for the last six years. But the year 2021 not only places Latin America as the one with the greatest democratic deterioration, but also broke a record in the most forceful decline since ‘The Economist’ began publishing this report in 2006.
The report evaluates five indicators in total: the electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of the government, political participation, the political culture that each country has, and civil liberties. This latest assessment was conducted in 165 independent states and two territories.
According to the results in each of the countries, the study places the States in four categories according to the health of their democracies. The classification according to the type of regime is as follows: “full democracy”, a group to which only 21 countries in the world belong and is led by the Nordic countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland and New Zealand joins them. The second category is “imperfect democracy”, followed by “hybrid regime” and lastly “authoritarian regime”, a group to which some 59 countries belong.
According to the report, the top 5 of the healthiest democracies in Latin America is led by Uruguay, considered a full democracy and ranked 13th worldwide; follows him Costa Rica, also in the same category, ranked 20th. They are the only two countries considered “full democracy” in the region. In third position follows chili, considered an imperfect democracy ranked 25th worldwide. The fourth place has Trinidad and Tobago ranked 41st and Jamaica closes the list with position 42.
Instead, the last five countries in the region in this ranking are: Guatemalaconsidered an “authoritarian regime” ranked 99th worldwide, is followed by Haiti in 119, Nicaragua in the 140, Cuba it ranks at 142 and Venezuela at 151. All are considered countries with an “authoritarian regime.”
What are the causes for this general fall of democracy in the region? How much has the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic affected? What kind of governments and states are we building in Latin America? We analyze this topic together with our guests:
– Irene Mia, leader of the research program on security, governance and geoeconomics at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IIEE).
– Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue.