(Re)pensando nuestra democracia

Abstract

The contemporary democratic regime, the State of Law and periodic electoral processes in Latin America and the Caribbean celebrate 40 years in the region facing the challenges that arise from the constraints of formal and representative democracy and its action in generating better living conditions and inclusion of broad sectors of the population as a real materialization of human rights. Within this context, this article provides an analysis of the challenges of the Caribbean and Latin American democracy in the second decade of the 21st century. It also establishes the roadmap to strengthen the triad of rights, guarantees and democratic institutionality through the construction of a democratic identity, the strengthening of public institutionality, the design of public policies with citizen participation, and the incorporation of the human rights protection focus in the political and electoral scopes