Latin American Politics

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The modern political regime in Latin America today is characterized by special and paradoxical issues . Political life in Latin America has not been able to reflect the constitutional clauses , and any other rules accepted within Western democracies . According to Loveman (1999 : p1-2 political regimes in Latin America are normally ephemeral and the use of dictatorship often interrupt institutional continuity . Rebellion revolutions and coup d 'etat are used as common ways of rising to power they are in fact used as the usual means

of election . The political stage is also occupied by a specific group of people , such as guerrillas , charismatic leaders , caudillos , revolutionaries , among others

Most of the Latin American phenomena goes back to the early period of the nineteenth century , making it necessary to adopt a historic perspective . Rather than being a recent creation , Latin American political regime unlike political regimes in other areas of Europe , has a long history of the whole political tradition that is used to characterize the behavior of both the normal citizens , and the political elites . The historical influence of values , attitudes , customs professional standards , institutional norms and the political culture have contributed to shaping the present military relations , with the modern politics of Latin America (Loveman , 1999 : p1-2

In this approach , the history of the military influence to the politics of the day is not a thing of the past , but is still a complex set of enduring , beliefs , collective expectations , institutional behavior patterns that still function...