(Calenda announcement 1180088)
2024 marks the end of a new "super electoral cycle" in Latin America. In the space of three years, thirteen presidential elections have been held in eleven countries, and five are due to take place between now and the end of the year, some of them eagerly awaited (Mexico, Venezuela, Paraguay). Thirty years after the era of dictatorship, the widespread exercise of the right to vote and the regular holding of free and competitive elections in most countries in the region therefore seem to corroborate the optimism of Francés Hagopian and Scott Mainwaring's thesis on Latin American democratic transitions and the entrenchment of democracy. Yet, despite all these advances, several indicators suggest that the democratization process in the region is moving forward with caution. Against this backdrop, this colloquium aims to reflect on the state of democracy in Latin America, its prospects and the issues at stake, through the study of concrete cases.
