The democratic opposition does not only face the challenge of channeling fragmented social demands: it faces a punitive legal framework designed to prevent its consolidation.
If elections could eradicate corruption and solve the most pressing political and social problems, almost all Latin American countries would be developed.
If, in the October elections—when many provinces will renew deputies and senators—the government highlights the president during the campaign, the economic vote, in a year of growth, could work in its favor.
In the Andean country, a record level of party fragmentation has been made official: a total of 43 political parties have been authorized to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections.
