Table 3.2 Types of Governments in Latin America, 1990

Table 3.2

Types of Governments in Latin America, 1990–2004


	Majority or near-majority	Minority
Single-party	Argentina (1990–)	Costa Rica (2002–)
	Colombia (1990–98)	Dominican Rep. (1990–96; 1998–2000; 2004–)
	Costa Rica (1990–2002)	El Salvador (1990–)
	Dominican Rep. (2000–2004)	Paraguay (1990–94; 1997–)
	Guatemala (1996–2004)	Peru (1990–92; 2001–)
	Honduras (1990–)	Venezuela (1993–99)
	Mexico (1990–2000)
	Peru (1993–2000)
	Venezuela (1989–93; 2000–)

Coalition	Bolivia (1989–97)	Bolivia (1997–)
	Brazil (1993–)	Brazil (1990–92)
	Chile (1990–)	Colombia (1998–2002)
	Colombia (2002–)	Ecuador (1990–)
	Dominican Rep. (1996–98)	Guatemala (1990–96; 2004–)
	El Salvador (1994–97)	Mexico (2000–)
	Panama (1989–99)	Panama (1999–)
	Uruguay (1990–)
Note: Governments are counted as majority coalition governments if the coalition is sustained for more than half of the presidential term. Otherwise, such governments are placed in the minority coalitions. Sources: Martínez-Gallardo (2005b) and calculations based on data from Payne and others (2002).