in Honduras, the author of this study believes the coup came about from a loss legitimacy by then President Mel Zelaya … presidents legitimate. This paper first outlines two competing models of legitimacy, a democratic and authoritarian model, and … does support the idea that democracy is not necessarily the only institution engendering presidential legitimacy in Latin …

Latin America suffers from low fiscal legitimacy. In many Latin American countries, fiscal performance and democratic …, frustrates public expenditure and undermines fiscal and democratic legitimacy. The comparison between Latin American and OECD …, something achieved by OECD countries, including the Latin ones like Spain or Italy …