Critics of presidentialism have argued that many political crises confronted by Latin American countries could have been avoided or resolved less painfully if a parliamentary system had been in place. Examples include that fall of democracy in Chile in the early 1970s and in Venezuela after 2015. Explain this argument. Why was presidentialism, presumably, a stumbling block to resolving these crises

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Critics of presidentialism have argued that many political crises confronted by Latin American countries could have been avoided or resolved less painfully if a parliamentary system had been in place. Examples include that fall of democracy in Chile in the early 1970s and in Venezuela after 2015. Explain this argument. Why was presidentialism, presumably, a stumbling block to resolving these crises

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Julian Woodward · Answer 1

1. It is often distinguished as prone to executive-legislative conflict and more unstable than parliamentarism, the form of government prevalent in Western Europe.

2. The presidential form of government incorporated the technique of separating the executive and legislative powers and incorporating checks and balances - that is, actions that allow each branch to limit the power of the others.