Latin America: The Second Stage of Reform

Where indigenous peoples constitute a smaller share of the electorate, their recent inclusion denotes a more generalized opening of the political system to excluded and vulnerable sectors of society.

President Hugo Cháez's regime demonstrates how a public desire for change plus state resources can be exploited to undermine democracy.

A review of Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America’s Destiny, by Joshua Muravchik and Exporting Democracy: The United States and Latin America, edited by Abraham F. Lowenthal.