Caminos, Hugo Keywords: Organization of American States | Democracy | Human rights | Intervention | Mots clefs: Organisation des Etats américains | Démocratie | Droits de l'homme | Intervention | ABSTRACT The question of the international standards of legitimacy of government is attracting the attention of legal scholars. In this course, the author explains the concept of distinguishing between the promotion and protection of democratic governance. He examines the question of representative democracy in the Organization of Am…