Writing for openDemocracy, Dartmouth's John M. Carey looks at the Latin American trend of holding referendums to pave the way reelection. "[P]residents themselves tend to lack judgment as to when enough is enough," he writes. Adapted from an essay published in the Summer 2009 Americas Quarterly.

The deposed leader, surrounded by press and supporters, stepped onto Honduran soil for half an hour on July 24 and set up camp in the Nicaragua border area the next day. The Honduran armed forces issued a communiqué that supports a proposal to restore him to office, albeit with limited powers.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo discusses the role the Commission has played in helping reconcile the region's complex past and safeguard its democratic institutions. Adapted from an article originally published in Americas Quarterly.

Uribe. Chávez. Correa. Is re-election such a bad thing?

Kimberly Ascoli and Tamar S. Benzaken descrines a collection of essays that offer explains how Latin America could develop a stronger tradition of democracy.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution with a call for constitutional reform to pave the way for sequential presidential reelection. The move comes even as neighboring Honduras finds itself in political chaos over similar moves by a deposed leader.

COA hosted an event with the Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma Díaz as well as governors from the Venezuelan states of Zulia, Táchira, and Miranda. Watch the video.