How Latin America and the Caribbean can turn democratic discontent into development progress, UNDP reports
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LATAM.— Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean is undergoing a progressive deterioration marked by the loss of citizen confidence, political polarization and the expansion of organized crime, according to the report on Democracy and Development 2026 prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The agency warned that, although the region maintains formal democratic systems, institutional legitimacy is steadily weakening.
Although four out of five citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean now live in democratic countries, the sustainability of these systems, which in the past overcame dictatorships, is not entirely guaranteed. This is the conclusion of the report “Democracies Under Pressure: Reimagining the Futures of Democracy and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean,” presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
“Maintaining democracy implies a constant search for agreements,” said President Yamandú Orsi in the presentation of the report “Democracy under Pressure: Reimagining the Futures of Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean 2026,” presented by UNDP. The president said there is still time to “push the course of this democracy boat” in the region. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented the annual report on Democracy and Devel…
How Latin America and the Caribbean can turn democratic discontent into development progress, UNDP reports
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in the region, the future will depend on its ability to transform pressures into momentum for democratic renewal and progress in well-being. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Latin America and the Caribbean is today the most democratic developing region and the third most democratic worldwide. More than four out of five citizens in the region live under governments elected through electoral proce…
The report states that the increase in the intention to emigrate is due to dissatisfaction with democracy and a perception of economic deterioration.
Some 200,000 migrants have requested extraordinary regularization in SpainOne out of three Latin Americans wants to emigrate and half of them reject the arrival of immigrants in their country, according to the 2026 Democracy and Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released on Monday.The study, which devotes an extensive chapter to human mobility as a thermometer of the continent's political and social fractures,…
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