Negotiating Democracy: Politicians and Generals in Uruguay

by Charles Guy Gillespie

Book Overview

Uruguay was once the most stable democracy in Latin America, but in 1973 the military seized power for the first time. Political parties did not disappear, however, even though they were made illegal. By the 1980s Uruguay's generals were anxious to find a way to withdraw from power. Yet they continued to insist on certain guarantees as the price for holding elections. The issue of whether to make any concessions to the military came to divide the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052102563X
• ISBN13: 9780521025638
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"