The effect of the Cuban revolution on the rest of Latin America, the Caribbean and the third world. Andean States in the 20 th century. Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. The struggle to expand electoral democracy and consolidate democratic governments, the dictators in all these countries, political party consolidation in Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia, populist parties in Peru, personalistic parties in Ecuador. Challenges from guerrillas, poverty and drug production and trafficking in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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Prospects for Democracy in Latin America at the end of the 20 th century and beginning of the 21 st century. What are the main threats to democratic consolidation and effective democratic governments today in Latin America. Latinos in the United States. The more than 30 million Latinos who live in the U.S. are as heterogeneous as Latin America and the Caribbean themselves. People from the Southwest have a different heritage and history than those of Puerto Rican or South American origin.