LA DEMOCRACIA: HITOS Y RETOS.

Democracy has a long history, but it has not yet been fully and completely constituted, resulting inimportant gaps between what is expected of it and how it has been put into practice. This paper is interested in the forms of democracy and its historical faltering from Mesopotamia to Silicon Valley, passing through the resurgence of the French Revolution and its effects. The objectiveis to analyze how democracy has materialized in different epochs with cases that illustrate these variations. The historical-comparative method is used, and data collection consists of gathering evidence of "democracy" from Antiquity to the present day through a bibliographic review of the contributions of authors from various specialties. The results are diverse. The introduction of democracy for a large part of the population appears historically to correspond with and to be a response to contradictory and negative situations. It is concluded that even in the 21st century democracy has not succeeded, and, although it continues to be the best instrument, the challenges remain and the idea itself is questioned in a world of democracies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]