LATINNO
Innovations for Democracy in Latin America
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number of cases to date
18
countries covered
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Currently @ LATINNO This was a very active year for Latin America. Despite the pandemic, the region experienced important political events such as the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic and Bolivia, the national referendum in Chile, the institutional crisis in Peru, and the intense demonstrations in Guatemala. The Covid-19 outbreak challenged governments and fueled economic, political and social crises. The pandemic is expected to cause the most severe economic and social crisis in the last century in ...
Read moreMapping Innovations vs. COVID-19 Since Covid-19 arrived in Latin America at the beginning of the year, the organized civil society has played a central role in promoting coordinated and innovative responses to the pandemic and its economic, social, political and public health challenges. Here at LATINNO, we have been following up on these responses, mapping more than 400 initiatives that have emerged since March in 18 countries in the region. In the following sections we present more information about the data ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO In November, Latin America witnessed several disruptive political and social events. In Peru, the impeachment of ex-President Martín Vizcarra resulted in an institutional crisis that led to massive protests, forcing the immediate resignation of Manuel Merino as interim President. In Guatemala, cuts in the budget law led demonstrators to set fire in the Congress and demand the resignation of the president. In Brazil, the murder of Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas -a black man who ...
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