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Arturo Mila
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-4064
Koike Yasuhiro
Aichi Prefectural University
Japan
José Soengas Pérez
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Jhonatan Andrés Lara-Aguiar
FLACSO
Ecuador
Vol 8 (2022), Articles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/marco.id8948
Submitted: 21-12-2022 Accepted: 22-12-2022 Published: 29-12-2022
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Abstract

Latin American politics has recently been characterized by the emergence of radical populist leaderships from the left and right, which has accentuated the political polarization in the continent. From a multidimensional discursive analysis, this analyzes the last presidential debates in Brazil, Chile and Colombia, to identify qualities of radical populism and the construction of the left-right in the continent. The qualities of radical populism stand out in Petro (left), Lula (left) and Bolsonaro (right), while the rest are inserted in a traditional partisan political scheme and, although they may have charismatic qualities, they do not stand out as outsider leaders and are associated to previous political movements (Kast to Piñerismo and Gutiérrez to Uribismo). There are two facets in the construction of the candidates' discourse: one associated with charisma and the construction of the ideology of the people and another that usually confronts their political adversaries, rather than generating proposals.