http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/andean_politics_3032.jsp Comments for "An Andean crisis of democracy, John Crabtree " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/andean_politics_3032.jsp <p> 2005 has been a year of political convulsions in Latin America. The last two weeks alone have seen high-level disagreement and tumultuous protest at the <a href="/articles/View.jsp?id=2994">Summit of the Americas</a> in Mar del Plata, Argentina; a continuation of the series of corruption scandals that has riven <a href="/articles/View.jsp?id=2890">Brazil</a>’s governing Workers’ Party; evidence of an intensification in <a href="/articles/View.jsp?id=3020">Colombia</a>’s long-running civil war; and a bitter dispute between the presidents of Mexico and Venezuela, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4438876.stm" target="_blank">Vicente Fox and Hugo Chávez</a>. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/andean_politics_3032.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/andean_politics_3032.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/andean_politics_3032.jsp#comment latin america democracy &amp; power Creative Commons normal John Crabtree politics of protest the americas Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 3032 at http://www.opendemocracy.net