The Far Right in Latin America

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser is Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Carlos Meléndez is a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Lisbon. Talita Tanscheit is Professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Lisa Zanotti is a researcher at the Democracy Institute at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

• Introduction; 1. The far right in Latin America: a framework for analysis Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser; Part I. Significant Electoral Strength of the Far Right: 2. Argentina. Milei's far-right project: between opportunism and innovation Gabriel Vommaro; 3. Brazil. The far right and Bolsonarismo Lucio Rennó; 4. El Salvador. Nayib Bukele's turn to the far right Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez; Part II. Moderate Electoral Strength of the Far Right: 5. Chile. The far right and its strategies of otherization Lisa Zanotti; 6. Peru. The far right as an expected output of a polarized pluralism Carlos Meléndez; 7. Uruguay. The far right as an attempt to restore order and recover the past Talita São Thiago Tanscheit; Part III. Minimal Electoral Strength of the Far Right: 8. Colombia. Seeds of the far right Sandra Botero and José Miguel Jaimes Prada; 9. Mexico. The absence of the far right and AMLO's leftism without progressivism Rodrigo Castro Cornejo; Conclusion; 10. The far right in Latin America: comparative findings Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Carlos Meléndez, Talita São Thiago Tanscheit and Lisa Zanotti.