THE VIOLENT AGONY OF ORGANIZED CRIME DICTATORSHIPS
In the Americas, democracy has five compulsory essential elements: “Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; Access to power and exercise subject to the rule of law; The holding of regular, free and fair elections based on universal and secret suffrage as an expression of the sovereignty of the people; The plural regime of political parties and organizations; And the separation and independence of the public authorities. “

