Summary
- Venezuela’s history of court packing and purging under Chavismo has led to an erosion of democratic institutions.
- Latin American countries, including El Salvador, Brazil, and Mexico, have faced similar challenges with their respective judiciaries.
- The region’s overall decline in democratic resilience as seen by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index.
- The article explores parallels between Latin American judicial manipulation and recent calls for Supreme Court reforms in the U.S.