This work examines the way the Latin American political parties nominate their candidates for presidential elections. The analyses is based on a study of 44 parties in 16 countries of the region and it shows that although one can observe more inclusive procedures in the last decades, it prevails the centralized decision-making processes within the Latin American parties. The empirical material come from the research Political Parties and Governability in Latin America, Universidad de Salamanca.
Nomination of candidates; political parties; internal elections; Latin America
