Protests in Latin America: impact on investment, the economy, and political stability

Two bar graphs and one line graph depicted on the same set of axes titled "Latin-America-GNI-PPP-PC-GDP-PC-and-Inflation-Argentina-Brazil-Chile-Costa-Rica-Venezuela"Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 3, July 2013.

Evodio Kaltenecker
BBS Business School

Over the last twelve months, it would seem that the habitants of Latin America and the Caribbean are particularly adept at protesting against their leaders and institutions, especially in Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica. Over a one-year period, Brazilian, Chilean and Costa Rican government officers witnessed hundreds of thousands of citizens protesting issues such as crime, corruption, and the lack of low-cost quality public services.

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