Challenges to Latin-American constitutionalism: An overview of the “new coup”

Abstract

This article seeks to investigate nuances in recent presidential changes took place in Latin America countries, a phenomenon called “new coup”. It argues what challenges these situations may show to consolidate democratic regimes in societies marked by coloniality. The study compares Latin American constitutionalism's state of the art with recent institutional disruptions that indicates any possible structural weakness in the democratic rule of law. Developing a documental e bibliographic research, related with a different area, political science, we explore the relations between colonialism, coloniality and law, to present a possible answer to empower democracy in marginal societies.