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Presentación en la PUCP:Red de Investigación de la Democracia Andina, "Más allá de la democracia electoral: hacia democracias ciudadanas en Los Andes"

Presentación en la PUCP:Red de Investigación de la Democracia Andina, "Más allá de la democracia electoral: hacia democracias ciudadanas en Los Andes"

The Andean Democracy Research Network findings presented at the Catholic University of Peru, Feb 23, 2010.

A Coup is a Coup is a Coup

A lesson of the forcible removal of President Zelaya from Honduras is that coups can still occur in Latin America.

Update on the Honduran Crisis

Zelaya’s attempt to push forward the vote on June 28 was seen as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

The Aftermath of Bagua: Lessons for Democracy in Peru

On June 5, 2009, in the Bagua Province of the Peruvian Amazon, dozens of people were killed and more than 200 were injured when national police attacked indigenous protesters that had mobilized against a series of legislative decrees.

Statement by the Friends of the Inter-American Democratic Charter on the Honduran Coup, Sunday, June 28, 2009

Faced with the occurrence of the coup d’état in the Republic of Honduras, Sunday, June 28,

The defence of democracy cannot be selective

It is absolutely clear that the country’s constitutional and democratic order has been “interrupted,” to use the phraseology of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

Constitutional Analysis: Honduras

Prepared by the Carter Center.

Update: Political Situation in Honduras

Analysis of the was prepared by Elena Cryst for the Carter Center.

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