Our region has the most unequal wealth and income distribution in the world, and in several of our presidential systems the power to decide on public resources has been concentrated in the executive branch. So those who have money, have a great influence in election campaigns and public policy. The risk is that this could disappear the social trust that democracy is the best political system to live by. The main objective of this study, coordinated by the Organization of American States, and based on research of several specialists in Latin American politics, is to promote ideas that stimulate debate and enable taking actions that help redistribute power and provide the individuals to fully exercise their rights.