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POLICY BRIEF article

Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Comparative Governance
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2024.1488950
This article is part of the Research Topic Exploring the Global Erosion of Democracy: Understanding Multicausal Threats and International Dynamics View all articles

The EU Democracy Policy in Latin America: Narrative and Funding

Provisionally accepted
Max Povse Max Povse 1*Armando Chaguaceda Armando Chaguaceda 2
  • 1 European University Institute (EUI), Fiesole, Italy
  • 2 Gobierno y Análisis Político AC (GAPAC), Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

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    Democracy is a central concern in the EU narrative toward Latin America; still, the allocation of funds does not follow this narrative closely, resulting in a chronic lack of support for local CSOs.-The allocated funds face misappropriation by local authorities and the indirect support of low- and non-democratic regimes, reflected in the affected countries' drop in indices that measure Social Progress and Democracy. -This situation is further aggravated by prioritizing projects that reflect EU-centered agendas and skew the critical aid needed for democracy resilience building. -As a response, we bring forward recommendations for the EU to bridge the gap between its democracy policy narrative and execution in Latin America, focusing on the particular needs of the region's democratic agents.

    Keywords: EU-Latin America relations, Democracy, policy narrative, Fund allocation, Democratic resilience, Civil society organizations, Non-Democratic State Actors

    Received: 30 Aug 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Povse and Chaguaceda. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Max Povse, European University Institute (EUI), Fiesole, Italy

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