The Economist: Uruguay is one of the very few “full democracies” in the world
Uruguay leads as one of four full democracies in the Americas, according to the Democracy Index 2020, published by The Economist. Uruguay scored 8,61 points out of a possible 10 and ranked fifteenth at the world level, while the other “full” democracies in the region are Costa Rica, 8,16; Chile, 8,28 and Canada, with 9,24 points. The overall global average is 5,37, and the end of the democracy list is North Korea, with 1,08 points. According to the Index, countries are catalogued as “full democracies,”…