The Dominican Republic’s Disputed Elections

A review of The Quality of Democracy in Latin America, edited by Daniel H. Levine and José E. Molina.

Although the transfer of power from Fidel to Raúl has been relatively uneventful, potential divisions within the ruling elite, especially between the military and the Party, are likely to emerge…

In March 2009, El Salvador saw its first peaceful alternation of power since independence, as the FMLN, a former guerilla movement that laid down its arms in 1992, finally won…