E-government and e-democracy in Latin America

Implementing governmental and democratic processes using electronic systems is the subject of much debate around the world. Electronic voting has grabbed the headlines, but in reality, this constitutes just a small part of the effort to establish electronic communication between citizens and governmental functions (G2C and C2G). The goal is to provide access to information and to open up decision-making processes to citizens (e-participation) to encourage a grass-roots engagement of citizens with democratic processes.