The Pandemic in Latin America and the challenges of Human Rights

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to know the impacts of Covid19 on the structures
of governmental institutions in Latin America and the effects on Human Rights in terms
of health and education, for example. For the analysis, we consider some elements such
as the functioning of political parties, the arbitrariness of power, fiscal transparency and
public spending, allowing us to take a picture of the reality to be studied regarding the
quality of democracy in these countries, and also considering the cooperation efforts, in
the normative and institutional scopes inside and out. As we seek to relate Human Rights
and Democracy, we focus on the ethical dimension of the new challenges facing Latin
America. The exposition, sometimes detailed, of situations that illustrate the
malfunctioning of institutions came from observation and review of a diverse literature,
and from different perspectives specifically in the scope of International Relations.