El Estado faccioso en la argentina. Corrupción de principios, corrupción de las instituciones

Abstract

This article is intended to analyse Argentinian democracy in its corruption, taking into account everything that it has in common- and all its differences-regarding other democratic regimes in Latin America and Europe. The answers lead us to think about the present from both old and new categories. Deep inside this discussion some theoretical and practicalissues can be spotted with which we have to face the democratic problem linked to corruption. Since the democratic establishment in 1983 two different forms of corruption can be distinguished in the highest positions of power. For instance the government of Carlos Menem, which was as long as ten years of duration and the governments of the Kirchner couple, who were on power for twelve years. From these two different experiences we will make emphasis on the institutional corruption that we call factious State.