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Latin America: democracy on a high, but backsliding seen in authoritarian drift

By Demdigest on December 17, 2009

Latin America faces a “revelatory moment”, in the wake of the Honduran constitutional crisis, writes Jorge G. Castañeda.
The episode confirmed a “remarkable—and certainly transformative fact”: that the United States “is no longer willing, or perhaps even able, to select who governs from Tegucigalpa, or anywhere else in the region for that matter.”
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OAS coddling antidemocratic powers?

By Michael Allen on August 3, 2009

Is the Organization of the American States failing in its commitment to defend democracy in the region? The regional grouping has come under fire for what some see as an ill-informed and over-hasty intervention in the current political crisis in Honduras.
The OAS should start to take its Democratic Charter seriously, critics suggest. OAS general secretary [read full story]

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Honduras coup evokes ‘unacceptable’ images of Latin America’s past

By Michael Allen on June 30, 2009

As democratic states and non-governmental groups alike condemned the coup in Honduras, ousted president Manuel Zelaya insists that he will return to Tegucigalpa on Thursday, accompanied by Latin American dignitaries, including Jose Miguel Insulza, the head of the Organization of American States. Honduras may be expelled from the OAS at its emergency meeting today.
Pro-Zelaya demonstrators [read full story]

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