The presidential re-election in Latin America: abreakthrough into warlordism and a setback fordemocracy

Warlordism is the political regime that characterizes the political culture in Latin American, and the re-election is a tool used by the supporters of this system to stay in power at the expense of republican democracy. Hence, to ensure the exercise of this democracy, the exercise of presidential po...

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Main Author: Cárdenas-Hernández, Carlos Alfonso
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014
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Online Access:https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/4537
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Summary:Warlordism is the political regime that characterizes the political culture in Latin American, and the re-election is a tool used by the supporters of this system to stay in power at the expense of republican democracy. Hence, to ensure the exercise of this democracy, the exercise of presidential power must be limited to a reasonable period, without re-election, to strengthen political parties, that invigorates democracy.