According to the report, more than two-thirds of the world's population currently live under autocratic regimes, consolidating a retreat not seen in decades. This process is characterized by the deterioration, erosion, or dismantling of democratic institutions, civil liberties, and political pluralism. In the report's words, it is a dynamic where 'the distinction between democracies and autocracies becomes increasingly blurred.' In this context, the report places Argentina among the 10 countries showing the greatest signs of democratic decline in the recent period. This trend already affects democracies that were previously considered consolidated, raising greater concern about the future of the democratic system globally. In the context of an economic and social crisis that deteriorates the living conditions of broad sectors of the population, the Milei government's response to social conflict fits into the same global trend pointed out by V-Dem.
