Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America
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TDNA210762025-06-30T22:48:37Z Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America Violencia y regímenes de excepción: otra amenaza al Estado de derecho en América Latina Feoli-Villalobos, Marco Feoli-Villalobos, Marco Democracy Exception regimes human rights punitive populism Rule of law democracia derechos humanos Estados de excepción Estado de derecho populismo punitivo Democracy, alongside free and competitive electoral processes, essentially, implies the respect of fundamental rights. This paper reflects on the impact that a growing phenomenon in Latin America that consists of the use of emergency regimes to face violence and organized crime. This is understood as an exacerbation of the so-called tough in crime policies or punitive populism. According to some international organizations, the flexibilization of constitutional guarantees on behalf of security, is bringing, at the same time, the violation of human rights and a weakening of the Rule of Law. From this, a big question emerges regarding to the quality and future of democracies in our region. Democracy, alongside free and competitive electoral processes, essentially, implies the respect of fundamental rights. This paper reflects on the impact that a growing phenomenon in Latin America that consists of the use of emergency regimes to face violence and organized crime. This is understood as an exacerbation of the so-called tough in crime policies or punitive populism. According to some international organizations, the flexibilization of constitutional guarantees on behalf of security, is bringing, at the same time, the violation of human rights and a weakening of the Rule of Law. From this, a big question emerges regarding to the quality and future of democracies in our region. Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos 2025-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip audio/mpeg https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076 10.15359/tdna.41-78.5 Temas de Nuestra América Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos; Vol. 41 No. 78 (2025): Temas de Nuestra América. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos Temas de Nuestra América Revista de Estudios Latinoaméricanos; Vol. 41 Núm. 78 (2025): Temas de Nuestra América. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos Temas de Nuestra América Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos; v. 41 n. 78 (2025): Temas de Nuestra América. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos 2215-5449 0259-2339 spa eng https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076/33220 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076/33222 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076/33221 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076/33721 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/21076/33720 Derechos de autor 2025 Temas de Nuestra América Revista de Estudios Latinoaméricanos http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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Temas de Nuestra América: Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos |
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Feoli-Villalobos, Marco Feoli-Villalobos, Marco |
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Feoli-Villalobos, Marco Feoli-Villalobos, Marco Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America |
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Feoli-Villalobos, Marco Feoli-Villalobos, Marco |
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Feoli-Villalobos, Marco |
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Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America |
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Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America |
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Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America |
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Violence And Regimes Of Exception: Another Threat To The Rule Of Law In Latin America |
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violence and regimes of exception: another threat to the rule of law in latin america |
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Violencia y regímenes de excepción: otra amenaza al Estado de derecho en América Latina |
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Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos |
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2025 |
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