Uruguay is Latin American country with highest level of support for democracy, at 74%

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Chilean Latinobarómetro firm has published the results of its annual survey on democracy in 2021, having surveyed 17 Latin American countries between October 26 and December 15, 2020.

The objective was to know “the mood of citizens in the region after the first wave of the pandemic, at the beginning of the second wave, and with the promise of the arrival of the vaccine.”

The document notes that “the countries with the highest support for democracy in the region are Uruguay (74%), Costa Rica (67%), Chile (60%), Argentina (55%), Bolivia (54%) and the Dominican Republic (50%).

“The only country that scores more or less totally favorable is Uruguay,” the document states, while “Argentina, Costa Rica and Chile show significant deficiencies in more than one key area of representative democracy.”

In addition, the study notes that “the pandemic has not caused abrupt changes in countries’ positioning in terms of support for democracy.”

Regarding citizens’ indifference to the regime, Uruguay (13%) is among the countries with the lowest indifference, along with Chile (12%) and Argentina (14%).

In Uruguay, on the other hand, 70% of respondents would not support a military government “under any circumstances.” However, it is noted that “rejecting the military is one position and supporting a non-democratic government if it solves the problems is another.”

Regarding the statement “I would not object to a non-democratic government coming to power if it solves the problems,” 41% in Uruguay hold this position.

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