Democracy across the Americas is in crisis
Political crises are rocking several nations of the Americas. From El Salvador and Venezuela to Bolivia, Argentina and the United States, political crises are posing serious challenges to democratic institutions.
In some ways, democracy is simple. There are elections, and there are winners and losers. Winners get to govern for a period of time, and the losers have to accept their loss and prepare to fight again another day. The voters see that, for better or worse, a government has been elected by a majority and it has the legitimacy to carry out its program.
These days elections are not ...