There exists an erroneous academic and political dilemma, propelled by the right, when characterizing the current course of Latin America as one that sits between democracy and dictatorship, as the only political horizons possible for the continent. On the contrary, the author affirms that this dispute is actually between elite democracies and social democracies. From this point, the author describes the political processes of the last decades in the region and proposes possible democratic horizons.Existe un equivocado dilema académico y político, impulsado desde la derecha, al momento de caracterizar la actualidad y el rumbo de América Latina entre la democracia o dictadura, como únicos horizontes posibles. En contraposición, el autor sost...