This article addresses the recent crises in Latin America from five dimensions: political, social, economic, environmental and health. Based on research from the Crisis Observatory of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Santiago, it analyzes the theoretical debates on the conceptualization of crises, makes operational five dimensions of the crises in Latin America and examines each of these from a mixed methodology which includes a review of the literature, quantitative indicators, and a press review. Analyzing ten countries in the region from 1990 to date, this work proposes that Latin America has experienced cycles of multidimensional crisis, which are expressed in the five dimensions mentioned above, which are shown cross-sectionally in the cases examined.
Keywords:
Crisis, Latin America, political crisis, social crisis, economic crisis, environmental crisis, health crisis
Author Biographies
Javiera Silva, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Estudiante Licenciatura en Estudios Internacionales
Héctor Leiva, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Estudiante Licenciatura en Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Sebastián Rojas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Estudiante Licenciatura en Historia, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Fernando Catalán, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Estudiante Licenciatura en Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Figueroa, P., Silva, J., Leiva, H., Rojas, S., & Catalán, F. (2021). Five dimensions of the crisis in Latin America (1990-2021). Política. Revista De Ciencia Política, 59(2), 33–59. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2021.64992
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