Latin Americans are dejected about democracy
Voters across the region are increasingly dissatisfied with politics in their countries. That is worrying
DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA is in trouble. That is the message of this year’s survey of opinion in 18 countries by Latinobarómetro, a pollster based in Santiago, Chile. The proportion of people who are dissatisfied with how democracy works has jumped from 51% in 2009 to 71%. The share that is content has dropped from 44% to 24%, its lowest level since the survey began more than two decades ago (see chart 1 and chart 2).
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Dejected about democracy”
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