Dictatorships in Twenty-First-Century Latin America: Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and El SalvadorWritten by former President of Ecuador Osvaldo Hurtado, Dictatorships in Twenty First Century Latin America explores the most important Latin American political phenomenon to emerge in the first two decades of the twenty first century: democratic governments elected by citizens have become autocratic governments through the manipulation of the constitutional order and the legislative and judicial functions. Unlike traditional Latin American