But all have signed the Organisation of American States' democratic charter, requiring them to support, not undermine, each other's democracies.
Their defiance led to a unanimous vote to suspend Honduras from membership of the OAS, since the coup violated its Democratic Charter.
The Organisation of American States, which has been seeking to mediate, said their pronouncement violated the body's Democratic Charter, approved last year.
Had they done so and brought every country to discuss the meaning of the Inter-American democratic charter, it would have been the ALBA countries that would have been isolated.
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The U.S needs to exercise leadership among countries in the Hemisphere but making sure that the Democratic Charter signed by members of the Organization of American States (OAS) is implemented.
In the regional sphere, they further underscored the relevance of regional integration, highlighting the Organization of American States as the main hemispheric forum, as well as the importance of strengthening the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
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Adding salt to this ulcerating sore, OAS Secretary General Insulza just days later practically ripped up and tossed away the hemisphere's main pro-democracy instrument, the Inter-American Democratic Charter, saying he doesn't believe it should be used to pressure OAS member states.
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"Hugo Chavez ruled Venezuela with an iron hand and his passing has left a political void that we hope will be filled peacefully and through a constitutional and democratic process, grounded in the Venezuelan constitution and adhering to the Inter-American Democratic Charter, " said Sen.
The charter incorporates a record of events in gold rush Victoria and the history of democratic Chartism.
But things are changing thanks to a new constitution put on the books in 1997 that comes closer than any charter in Thailand's coup-and-corruption-plagued 60-year democratic history to providing the checks and balances vital to ensure cleaner, fairer politics.
"The mayor can't cut out a third of this office's budget and still claim to be respecting its Charter-mandated role as a citywide watchdog, " said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate.
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