Which Latin American nation appears to be the least stable and democratic?

Democracies were difficult to establish in Latin America for several reasons. The oppressive Spanish rule did not allow Latin Americans to be trained in government. Latin Americans lacked the skills needed to effectively run a democracy. ... Strong leadership that was dedicated to democratic ideals was also important.

to force terrorists groups to stop attacking western targets using massive military force.

barrio is a spanish word meaning neighborhood. in spain, several latin american countries and the philippines, the term is also used officially to denote a division of a municipality while a ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, typically as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure. the term may have originally been used in venice to describe the part of the city to which jews were restricted and segregated.