The essay analyzes the macro-issue of illiberal democracies in the specific Latin-American legal and geo-political context through a complex dimension that allows to connect different and emblematic challenges that liberal-democratic... more
The essay analyzes the macro-issue of illiberal democracies in the specific Latin-American legal and geo-political context through a complex dimension that allows to connect different and emblematic challenges that liberal-democratic systems are facing today. On the one hand, there is the recognition of the subject “Nature” and the progressive change of the liberal constitutional structure determined by the inclusion of this value; on the other hand, there is the “ecocentric cosmovision” of indigenous peoples that supports an alternative lifestyle to Western models of sustainable development (eco-ethnodevelopment).
The Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) was adopted in 2001 by member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) as a renewed instrument for the defense of democracy, not only against traditional coup d´etat but also to face... more
The Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) was adopted in 2001 by member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) as a renewed instrument for the defense of democracy, not only against traditional coup d´etat but also to face serious violations to horizontal accountability. The second assumption took into consideration, as a precedent, the political situation in Peru during Alberto Fujimori's administration (1995-2000), defined as a competitive authoritarian regime by Political Science and Constitutional Law scholars. However, during the last decade to the presentwe find in Latin America several countries with governments where the principle of checks and balances has been eroded as a result of measures adopted by their respective executive branch. This situation suggests the following concerns: The liberal democratic model of the IDC is in crisis? This model has been overcame by illiberal governments that privileges economic and social rights and restraints civil and political rights? Or both models a recondemned to coexist in the region?
