POPULISM IN LATIN AMERICA

Abstract

This paper seeks to conduct analysis on the concept of populism and how it developed in Latin America. Populism is seen as a political phenomenon whose definition is still being studied by many authors due to its numerous forms of presentation in societies. Starting in the 1940s the term gains body in peripheral countries to explain the emergence of charismatic figures with strong popular appeal and support for minority sectors of society. Observations were made of three specific cases that occurred in Argentina and Mexico, which are the most prominent cases in historical analyses. Populism is still far from being defined and characterized as a homogeneous phenomenon, due to the vicissitudes of the countries in which it was possible to observe it.