Replication Data for: Explaining military coups and impeachments in Latin America

Dataset covering every recognized political leader in 19 Latin American countries during 1945-2010. It measures yearly outcomes for each president: survival in office, exit via military coup, or exit via legal removal (impeachment or forced resignation). The sample includes 36 presidential interruptions (21 coups and 15 legal removals). Predictors include Per capita GDP, GDP growth, Demonstrations, Radicalism, Military coups in the past 20 years, Military coups in the region in the past 5 years, Size of the president’s party (% in the House), and Support for democracy among elites.