Neopopulismo Latinoamericano: ¿amenaza o evolución de la democracia?

Abstract

Populism has been a subject of recent debate in Latin America; it’s been discussed by different social groups and in between the recent political analysis in the region. However,populism is not a new phenomen on for Latin Americans. The historical references point that today’s populismit’s just a redefinition of what was already settled before in our countries. Globalization and it’s implication shave confirmed that the most delicate problems have become more serious, and they have left an open space for populism, nowk nown as neo-populism, to regainit’s strength. The following paper pretends to describe it’s theoretical assumptions, but above all, it hopes to show it’s application in Latin American countries like Venezuela and Bolivia, and it’s contrast to liberal democracy, in a way that it’s possible to understand it’s influence in the Latin American political evolution.