Qualitative studies of vote buying find the practice to be common in many Latin American
countries, but quantitative studies using surveys find little evidence of vote buying. Social …

Latin America has changed dramatically over the past few years. While the 1990s were
dominated by the politically orthodoxy of the Washington Consensus and the political …

In this seventh edition, John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker update a
classic in the field which invites students to explore the histories, economies, and politics of …

In the twentieth century, illiteracy and its elimination were political issues important enough
to figure in the fall of governments (as in Brazil in 1964), the building of nations (in newly …

Nicaragua's 2016 elections saw President Daniel Ortega win a third consecutive term, and
his wife, Rosario Murillo, become Vice President, in the face of an opposition abstention …

This article explores the capacity of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) to
adapt to a changing Nicaraguan political environment over the last three decades. It focuses …

Reclaiming Latin America is a one-stop guide to the revival of social democratic and
socialist politics across the region. At the end of the Cold War, and through decades of …

Latin Americans have been voting for a surprisingly large number of ex-presidents and
newcomers in presidential elections since the late 1980s. This article looks at both the …

Analysts agree that political corruption is an obstacle to democratic consolidation but
disagree about how to measure the extent of corruption in individual nations. This analysis …

In this paper, we question whether the attainment by the FSLN of power in 2007 represented
any changes with respect to the neoliberal agenda implemented since 1990. In order to …