Keywords
democratic clause
clause of the Andean commitment by the democracy
restoration of democratic order
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Abstract
The goal of this article is aimed to make a compared analysis of the “democratic clause” established in the Ushuaia Protocol, in the Additional Protocol to the Cartagena Agreement and in the Amsterdam Treaty, with the purpose of determining if is necessary that the processes of economic integration of the
region, include instruments that assure the free commerce in the framework of democratic governments, as well as their success or failure in democracies with little consolidation such as the ones in Latin America.
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