NOTES FOR A HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICAN LIBERTARIANISM
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https://doi.org/10.52195/pm.v22i1.1019Abstract
In recent years, popular interest for libertarianism has grown in Latin America1. Self-declared ‘libertarian’ parties have formed in recent decades2 and libertarian candidates have in some cases achieved noteworthy electoral success for the first time, particularly with the unprecedented election of a libertarian president in Argen- tina. In that country, even before that election polls had started ask- ing people whether they identify as ‘libertarian.’ (Berensztein, 2022) In that context, there is a need to explain why libertarianism has become fashionable where it has and why it has not in other places.
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