Tear Up the Inter-American Democratic Charter

at 4:22 PM Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Does this sound like a democratic condition for Cuba's readmission?

From the text of today's OAS resolution that revokes Cuba's 1962 suspension from the regional body:

"The participation of Cuba in the OAS will be the result of a process of dialogue to be initiated at the request of the Government of Cuba and in compliance with the practices, goals and principles of the OAS."

It's very telling that the leaders of Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Honduras have such a disdain for the term, not to mention the concept of, democracy.