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TRANSITIONS TO CONSTITUTIONAL LIFE
Central America and the Caribbean
Nicaragua, 1979: the dictator Somoza was overthrown by the Sandinista Front.
The Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti fell in the mid-80s. OAS military forces intervened.
Insurrectional movements appeared in El Salvador
In some Central American countries, the dictatorial regimes were defeated, but in some cases they reoccurred.
Panama: progressive military dictator Omar Torrijos died in a plane crash
Return to constitutional life
Gradually the military dictatorships
fell.
The
dictatorships situation became increasingly uncomfortable
The
dictatorships situation became increasingly uncomfortable.
The struggles for the democracy of Latin America.
Andean Countries
1979: Ecuador's new Constitution - government elected began its management.
In Peru, the dictatorship left power and a civil government was established.
Colombia remained with a constitutional regime but with a strong presence of armed insurrectional organizations.
In Bolivia the dictatorial regimes were defeated and reoccurred.
Venezuela enjoyed a period of stability thanks to the boom in oil exports.
Directed Democracies
"Directed democracies" or "supervised" - Armed Forces maintained influence on the regime
Constitutional governments maintained and even deepened neoliberal measures.
After the military dictatorships, the countries entered the constitutional regime.
Laws, and legal devices prevented penalties on the agents of the dictatorships that had committed crimes and attempted human rights.
Latin American Solidarity
Neglected concerns such as integration.
Became more aware of Latin American belonging.
Greater knowledge among our peoples and a sense of solidarity, expressed in the formation of a vigorous public opinion that rejected dictatorial governments, deaths, and disappearances.
Democracy implies not only the validity of a legal regime but effective respect for the rights of individuals and a government that in practice expresses the majority, with a basic participatory element.
The Southern Cone
The last dictatorship to fall was that of Stroessner in 1989 in Paraguay.
In 1980, the dictatorship of Uruguay was defeated.
In Chile, Pinochet dictatorship convened a plebiscite in 1988, in an attempt to prolong power.
The Argentine military government reached a situation of extreme unpopularity, It was defeated in 1982.
