id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-000239 Latin American democracy vindicated | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 397 16 41 News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Latin American democracy vindicated Latin American democracy vindicated Published: December 17, 2000 Author: By Mae Ghalwash Contrary to critical beliefs, Latin American countries have made profound strides toward democracy, surviving tough economic, political and social challenges, saidScott Mainwaring,director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, in a speech last week at the James Baker III Institute at Rice University.p. cache/news-000239.html txt/news-000239.txt