The Key to Democratic Stability in Latin America
A new book shows how countries that have an institutionalized party system can weather crises more easily than those that don’t.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on trends to watch in Latin America in 2025 In December 2017, a year and a half into his five-year term, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) reversed a campaign pledge and issued a pardon for controversial former President Alberto Fujimori. The move was meant to bargain with parties in Congress that supported Fujimori, but proved so unpopular that PPK was soon forced out of the presidency, becoming one of more than 20 presidents across Latin America who have not finished their terms since the 1980s. What’s behind this...
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