Democracy in Latin America

Is Democracy Sustainable in Latin America? In order to determine if democracy is sustainable in Latin America, it is important to understand or at least have an idea of what democracy is. There are several types of democracy and each is different. According to the English dictionary, democracy is “ a government by the people; especially: rule of the majority by a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by …

…a culture does not support democracy then no amount of money, political pressure, or propaganda will bring about the factors to sustain it. Culture influences all the ingredients necessary for democracy to survive, from society to the economy. Bibliography WORK CITED “Democracy.” Webster’s New Comp[act Dictionary. Ed. 1995. Loomis, Louise. ARISTOTLE On Man in the Universe. New York: Random House, 1943. Millett, Richard. “Is Latin American Democracy Sustainable?.” North-South ISSUES on DEMOCRATIZATION Vol. II, No. 3.