Systems and institutions.
Haiti’s political system is organized as a semi-presidential republic, combining a directly elected president as head of state with a prime minister who serves as head of government. The framework governing this arrangement dates to the Constitution of March 29, 1987, approved by popular referendum in the final months of the Duvalier era but not […]
Guyana is a unitary, multiethnic republic that blends parliamentary and presidential features of government, operating under a constitution promulgated on October 6, 1980. Governance is divided among three branches, the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, designed to balance executive authority with representative democracy through a system of checks and balances. The unicameral National Assembly […]
Guatemala is a presidential representative democratic republic in which the president serves as both head of state and head of government. The current constitution, adopted in 1985 after a period of military rule, established a formal separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, alongside a multi-party political system. Executive power is exercised […]
Grenada operates as a parliamentary representative democracy and an independent Commonwealth realm, with King Charles III as head of state represented locally by a governor-general. The country’s constitution establishes a separation of powers among three branches of government, following political and legal traditions closely modeled on those of the United Kingdom. Executive authority rests with […]
El Salvador is organized as a presidential republic in which power is divided among executive, legislative, and judicial branches under the 1983 constitution. The president serves as both head of state and head of government, a structure that concentrates considerable authority in the executive while formally preserving separation of powers among the three institutions. The […]
