The Left Turn in Latin America
Left leaning leaders began to take power in nations that were staunch conservative strongholds during the late 20th century into the early 21st century. However, it is not a black-and-white image that many view the political spectrum as. Levitsky illustrated…
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Chapter 3 of Smith’s Democracy in Latin America covers the region’s complicated relationship with the military. One aspect that I found interesting is that despite the frequency of military coups and the atrocities that usually came with these regimes, the…