This article analyses how the issue of democracy protection has been incorporated into South American regionalism. It shows the motivation for building Democracy Clauses in regionalism and identify the challenges for its implementation. From 1985 to 2008, there was a progressive insertion of instruments related to democracy protection. Between 2009 and 2015 efforts were aimed at expanding regional autonomy to deal with political crises. As of 2016–2020 democracy has been used as an element of division between states. We identify the factors that help explain the changes observed which have resulted in the weakening of regionalism's contribution to democracy.

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追求和谐：南美洲的民主与地区主义

本文分析了民主保护问题是如何融入南美地区主义的。它显示了在区域主义中建立民主条款的动机，并确定了其实施的挑战。从 1985 年到 2008 年，与民主保护有关的文书逐渐增加。2009 年至 2015 年期间，旨在扩大区域自治以应对政治危机。截至 2016-2020 年，民主已被用作国家之间分裂的一个要素。我们确定了有助于解释导致区域主义对民主的贡献减弱的观察到的变化的因素。