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Brazil is part of the "Index of Democracy 2018" developed by the Economist Intelligence Intelligence, a consultant to the British magazine The Economist, to measure the democratic level of political regimes in 167 countries.
Inauguration Ceremony of President Jair Bolsonaro on January 1
Although its odds rose from 6.86 to 6.97, the largest country in Latin America rose from 49th to 50th, overtaken by Colombia.
With good badessments in questions. "electoral process and pluralism" (9.58) and "civil liberties" (8.24), Brazil loses points in the categories "political participation" (6.67), "government functioning" (5.36) and "political culture" 19659006]. ranking qualifies Brazilian democracy as "imperfect". In its report, The Economist indicates that the election of Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency shows that "rumors about the death of populism were largely exaggerated".
The ranking is led by Norway (9.87), followed by Iceland (9.58). Sweden (9,39), New Zealand (9,26) and Denmark (9,22). Canada (9.15), Ireland (9.15), Finland (9.14), Australia (9.09) and Switzerland (9.03) complete the top 10.
The United States appears only in 25th position, with 7.96 less than Uruguay (15th with 8.38), Mauritius (17th with 8.22), Costa Rica (20th with 8.07) and Chile (23rd with 7.97). The least democratic, meanwhile, are North Korea (1.08), Syria (1.43), the Democratic Republic of Congo (1.49), the Central African Republic (1.52) and Chad ( 1.61).
Italy
Also abandoning itself to populism, Italy, the founding country of the European Union, dropped 12 posts, from 21st to 33rd rank, with a score of 7.71 – the previous era of 7.98.
Like Brazil, the boot nation is clbadified as "imperfect democracy", although it is well evaluated in the "electoral process and pluralism" (9.58) and "civil liberties" issues (8.24). But "government functioning" (6.07) and "political culture" (6.88) lower the average.
"In Italy, the decline of confidence in traditional politics resulted in a landslide victory in the March anti-system (M5S) and the Eurosceptic League and anti-immigrant legislative elections, which form a coalition who has adopted a hard line against immigration, "says the economist.
According to the publication, there is a "risk of deterioration of civil liberties". in the country.
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