ELLIOTT ABRAMS
PESSIMISTS always said the Latin American pendulum would sooner or later swing away from democracy. Now, with Haiti reverting to form, Venezuela wobbly, and Peru gone, have they been proved right?
The U.S. is committed to encouraging democracy. But events in Peru and in the Islamic world force the question: Might an obstinate insistence on democratic forms work against what we prize in democracy?
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ELLIOTT ABRAMS
PESSIMISTS always said the Latin American pendulum would sooner or later swing away from democracy. Now, with Haiti reverting to form, Venezuela wobbly, and Peru gone, have they been proved right?
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ELLIOTT ABRAMS
PESSIMISTS always said the Latin American pendulum would sooner or later swing away from democracy. Now, with Haiti reverting to form, Venezuela wobbly, and Peru gone, have they been proved right?
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