Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc

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Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Túlio Sérgio Henriques
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Paiva,Ana Cláudia Alves Cunha
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Contexto Internacional
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Resumo: Abstract This article analyses the first enforcement of the MERCOSUR Democratic Clause, which occurred during the XLIII Summit of Heads of State in 2012. It was decided to suspend Paraguay because the member states concluded that the impeachment process of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo did not follow democratic principles. Since the event raised questions and controversies, the article contributes to an explanation of the decision-making process that culminated in the political suspension of Paraguay from the regional bloc. It is argued that the state parties of Mercosur, justified by Paraguay’s historic political and economic fragility and the context of President Fernando Lugo’s impeachment, have strategically used the clause in order to achieve interests beyond the defence of democracy, among them Venezuela’s adhesion to the Bloc.
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title Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
spellingShingle Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
Ferreira,Túlio Sérgio Henriques
MERCOSUR
Ushuaia Protocol
Democratic Clause
Paraguay
Venezuela
title_short Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
title_full Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
title_fullStr Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
title_full_unstemmed Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
title_sort Questioning Paraguay’s Suspension from MERCOSUR: The First Application of the Democratic Clause of the Regional Bloc
author Ferreira,Túlio Sérgio Henriques
author_facet Ferreira,Túlio Sérgio Henriques
Paiva,Ana Cláudia Alves Cunha
author_role author
author2 Paiva,Ana Cláudia Alves Cunha
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferreira,Túlio Sérgio Henriques
Paiva,Ana Cláudia Alves Cunha
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv MERCOSUR
Ushuaia Protocol
Democratic Clause
Paraguay
Venezuela
topic MERCOSUR
Ushuaia Protocol
Democratic Clause
Paraguay
Venezuela
description Abstract This article analyses the first enforcement of the MERCOSUR Democratic Clause, which occurred during the XLIII Summit of Heads of State in 2012. It was decided to suspend Paraguay because the member states concluded that the impeachment process of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo did not follow democratic principles. Since the event raised questions and controversies, the article contributes to an explanation of the decision-making process that culminated in the political suspension of Paraguay from the regional bloc. It is argued that the state parties of Mercosur, justified by Paraguay’s historic political and economic fragility and the context of President Fernando Lugo’s impeachment, have strategically used the clause in order to achieve interests beyond the defence of democracy, among them Venezuela’s adhesion to the Bloc.
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