Considered, far and wide, to be a politically clean, considerate and fair nation, Colombia enjoys a rather distinguished political system from those of other Latin American countries and somewhat practically speaking, from a lot of modern international social states.
Along with the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where Colombia’s elected president is both head of government and head of state in addition to being the head of a multi-party structure, the Colombian government has three branches: the legislative, the judicial, and the executive.
Having enjoyed a growth-full history revolving around party politics, typically impartial and regular elections and importance given to the public’s political and civil
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This paved the path to the nation’s present status quo of having stable external relations and seeking commercial and diplomatic relations with all nations, heedless of their political agendas, economic capabilities or ideologies. Therefore, Colombia showcases an exposed economy, banking on international trade confidently.
Along with the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where Colombia’s elected president is both head of government (consisting of 13 ministers and 32 departments, each led by a governor) and head of state in addition to being the head of a multi-party structure, the Colombian government has three branches: the legislative which has a congress, the judicial which has a supreme court, and the executive branch which has a president.
The Colombian public gives votes for and employs a public sector office so that an inspector general can manage the public interface of the government. This protects the public, and guarantees them human rights mentioned in the Constitution of 1991, which delivers the outline for a unitary republic and a welfare
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The reforms put in action against this disenfranchisement led to the constitution of1991.
Known famously, as “the Human Rights Constitution”, the Constitution of 1991 came to be due to the pooled-in effects of the amendment of 1957, the disenfranchisement due to La Violencia, the failed reform of 1988 and the Seventh Ballot movement of 1990.
It worked to include public participation in the political process, eradicate corruption, halt civil conflicts and most importantly, establish a publicly elected National Constitutional Assembly which was to be inclusive and representative and elected from every strata of society, including social leaders, labour leaders, professional politicians, businessmen, peasants, ex-guerrillas, Indian leaders, clerics and academics.
The Colombian Constitution of 1991 identifies not only the basic classic fundamental rights of old but also social and economic rights. It also established mechanisms to safeguard these rights
The 1991 Constitution also faced quite a few amendments dated: 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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In the beginning, Rafael Trujillo was a fruitful and beneficial leader to the country of the Dominican Republic. Trujillo reduced foreign debt and made the country more profitable, mainly because he was an excellent business man. However with this new prosperity, came the loss of the citizen's political liberties (1 “Rafael Trujillo”). Rafael Trujillo may have made the country more profitable, but he still was getting away with taking away innocent citizen’s political liberties.
Mexico’s leaders implemented a development policy which violated the ideals of the revolution by shirking the responsibilities of a social democracy. In his essay “Guatemalan Politics: The Popular Struggle for Democracy,” Garry H.
...es relationship is soaring through trade embargo. The reinforcement of the Colombian National Police force everywhere in Colombia is very secure. People in Colombia are fun loving people willing to teach anyone there culture. Thru trials and error learning from their past the image of Colombia changed for the good.
As unemployment and inflation strengthened poverty throughout the country, especially in the rural outskirts, in the city a new political movement, threatening the long established oligarch-military complex began to develop. When the radio began to announce that opposition’s, PDC candidate, Duarte was sweeping up votes, the radio was cut and when the transmission, the army government’s choice, Molina, was ahead. The blatant fraud encouraged liberal junior and jealous senior officers to stage a coup, attempting to place Duarte in power. After receiving help from forces in the Central American Defense Council (CONDECA), the which was formed in 1963 under the influence the United States to protect Cental America against “possible communist aggression,” and US military advisors, the senior military command put down the coup attempt. (___) The United States
The Republic of Ecuador has a republic government. In January 15, 2007 President Rafael Correo Delgado was elected as the chief of state and has been in the position since then. Along his side is Lenin Moreno Garces as Vice-presiden...
Mexico politics take framework of presidential representative whose government that is based on congressional system. The country has the president as head of both state and government, and multi-party system. The government represents Mexico and divided by three branches that are: executive, legislative and judicial. Currently the president of Mexico is Enrique Pena Nieto that is trying to transform Mexico for a better future. The paper, New Internationalist, expressed doubt because he comes from the Inst...
Discussions of which constitutional form of government best serves the growing number of democratic nation’s are being debated around the world. In the essay “The Perils of Presidentialism”, political scientist, Juan Linz compares the parliamentary with presidential systems as they govern democracies. As the title of Linz’s essay implies, he sees Presidentialism as potentially dangerous and sites fixed terms, the zero-sum game and legitimacy issues to support his theory. According to Linz, the parliamentary system is the superior form of democratic government because Prime Minister cannot appeal to the people without going through the Parliament creating a more cohesive form of government. By contrast, a President is elected directly by the
On the other hand, the democracy powers are divided into three independent branches of government; executive, legislative, and judicial. The leaders of the executive and legislative branches, the president, vice president and Senate, are decided by direct vote of the electorate. The judges in the judicial branch are sele...
Who has the greater legitimacy to represent the people? The president or the legislatures. In comparing the Chilean 1970 Presidential Election to 1979 Spanish appointment of Adolfo Suirez as Prime Minister, Linz notes “Allende received a six-year mandate for controlling the government even with much less than a majority of the popular vote, while Suirez, with a plurality of roughly the same size, found it necessary to work with other parties to sustain a minority government”. Linz supports the fusion of the executive and legislative branches because it forces a sense of cooperation. He points out that “presidential systems may be more or less dependent on the cooperation of the legislature; the balance between executive and legislative power in such systems can thus vary considerably” Linz admits that “presidential elections do offer the indisputable advantage of allowing the people to choose their chief executive openly, directly, and for a predictable span rather than leaving that decision to the backstage maneuvering of the politicians.” but qualifies it by stating that it is only and beneficial if the majority of the people of spoken. In Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Shugart’s critical appraisal of “The Perils of Presidentialism” they offer counter arguments when they suggest that a bicameral parliament can just as easily have dual legitimacy issues as a President and legislative body. It should be recognized that Linz does not address the checks and balances that allows for a more regulated government ensuring that power is not concentrated in the hands of one group. Nor does he address that elections
Colombia. Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo. Resumen Del Tratado De Libre Comercio Entre Estados Unidos y Colombia. Web. .
As stated in the first paper; The Constitution of the United States was designed to be a framework for the organization of our country’s government. Many foreign countries also have constitutions, which outline the rights of individuals and the powers of the law; such as the Iraqi Constitution of 2005. I will compare the similarities and differences of the US and Iraqi Constitutions and discuss Articles 2, 36, 39, & 90 and women’s rights of the Iraqi Constitution.
Juan Linz – The Perils of Presidentialism. Discussions of which constitutional form of government best serves the growing number of democratic nation’s are in constant debate all over the world. In the essay “The Perils of Presidentialism”, political scientist, Juan Linz compares the parliamentary system with presidential democracies. As the title of Linz’s essay implies, he sees Presidentialism as potentially dangerous and sites fixed terms, the zero-sum game and legitimacy issues to support his theory. According to Linz, the parliamentary system is the superior form of democratic government because the Prime Minister cannot appeal to the people without going through the Parliament, creating a more cohesive form of government.
This project focuses on one of the various forms of government namely, the Presidential form of government and a comparison has been drawn between two Latin American states (Argentina and Mexico) and an independent
Now days democracy has been establish in every Latin America country except Cuba, which is still a socialist state. It seemed that every other alternative form of government such as Marxism or Leninism has failed and been replaced by democracy. Furthermore it looks like people in Latin American really enjoy democracy and its’ benefits, as they also consider it to be the best form of government. After the failure of authoritarian leaders and the military intervene their lives, Latin American citizens wanted to change their system into a more fair and honest system, democracy. Democracy is usually defined as a system of honesty, equality, freedom of rights, though for Latin America countries it means gains, welfare and patronage. Latin American did not work the democratic system properly as it should be and different obstacles keep the system away from being consolidated. Democracy in Latin America still face serious problems in matters as grinding poverty, huge social gaps, corruption, drug dealing, inefficient governments and most importantly governments who promote and use military. The real question is why democracy actually failed even though democracy is what people want. Paraguay is a case of failure in transition democracy because of the corruption and other things that will be argued in this essay. Paraguay and Ecuador are considered to be the only countries that democratization did not achieve consolidation, in differ from Chilli and Central American.
The democratic evolution in Latin America is captivating when learning its struggle to strengthen democracy. Thus, it is important to talk about threats democracy faces such as populism in Latin America to prevent it from destroying years of institutional framework democracy has already created. Latin America was beginning to implement democracy in all its regions and now it is struggling to ensure that democratic rule deepens, when it should be discovering ways to further reinforce the system. The most widespread wave of democratization that Latin America has experienced in its history first occurred at the end of the Cold War. About two decades later, concerns about corruption, low levels of participation in election, and institutional designs