Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.
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There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.
There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.
Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There is your answer. Fear of democracy. In Honduras, they had a sham democracy. It was run by elites, what was called a liberal democracy, but in reality was a false democracy.
I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.
In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.
We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.
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