Politics in Latin America

Politics in Latin America

Introduction

Latin America countries are mostly Spanish and Portuguese speaking nations mostly from central and southern America . Most of these countries in one or another have internal and external crises which have led to subsequent decrease in their growth . Latin American countries have been characterized by widespread neo-populism which involves formation of social policies which mostly favors the lower classes of people . These countries struggled to end tears of dictatorships and corrupt governments by forming the neo populism groups . These policies have led to extensive changes

in the system of governance in these countries . Neo populism became very popular with many Latin American countries towards the end of 20th century for instance Venezuela Venezuela has been ruled by Hugo Chavez since 1999 . He was an army officer since his teenage years and was a left wing supporter (anti government ) coordinating left wing groups both in the army and outside

Emergence of Hugo Chavez

Venezuela was faced with a lot of challenges towards the end of 1980s leading to formation of anti- government (left wing ) groups from the military to the general public . Hugo Chavez became popular after being arrested after the failed 1992 coup . Not even the jail term could stop them from developing ideas while in prison where he met other left wing members . Chavez became very popular with the majority of Venezuela people and this led to his successful win in the 1998 elections . He took over the office in February 1999 as the...