{"id":13544,"date":"2024-02-26T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moe.org.co\/?p=13544"},"modified":"2024-02-26T19:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:04:37","slug":"recomendado-red-oie-opposition-at-the-margins-strategies-against-the-erosion-of-democracy-in-colombia-and-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.moe.org.co\/en\/recomendado-red-oie-opposition-at-the-margins-strategies-against-the-erosion-of-democracy-in-colombia-and-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"#Recomendado Red-OIE &#8211; Opposition at the Margins: Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy in Colombia and Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author(s): Laura Gamboa<br>Source: Comparative Politics , July 2017, Vol. 49, No. 4 (July 2017), pp. 457-477<br>Published by: Comparative Politics, Ph.D. Programs in Political Science, City University<br>of New York<br>Stable URL: https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/26330983<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Opposition at the Margins:<br>Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy in Colombia and Venezuela<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The erosion of democracy has become increasingly common. Faced with economic an security crises, democratically elected presidents in Latin America,&#8217; Eastern Europe and Africa have used their popularity to introduce constitutional amendments tha destroy the system of checks and balances, hinder free and fair elections, and disman political rights and civil liberties. In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez eroded democracy. Usi institutional reforms, he slowly turned a democracy into a competitive authoritari regime. In Colombia, Alvaro Uribe tried to do the same, but failed. Despite his efforts undermine the independence of courts and congress, and the fairness of elections, Colombia&#8217;s constitutional order remained fairly strong. Why, despite similar circum stances, do some presidents successfully erode democracy, while others fail?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moe.org.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gamboa-Resistance-at-the-margins-1.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Gamboa-Resistance-at-the-margins-1<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moe.org.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gamboa-Resistance-at-the-margins-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Descargar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author(s): Laura GamboaSource: Comparative Politics , July 2017, Vol. 49, No. 4 (July 2017), pp. 457-477Published by: Comparative Politics, Ph.D. Programs in Political Science, City Universityof New YorkStable URL: https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/26330983 Opposition at the Margins:Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy in Colombia and Venezuela The erosion of democracy has become increasingly common. 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