<s>
The	O
Political	B-Application
Database	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Americas	I-Application
(	O
PDBA	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-governmental	O
organization	O
based	O
at	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Latin	O
American	O
Studies	O
(	O
CLAS	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
academic	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
Edmund	O
A	O
.	O
Walsh	O
School	O
of	O
Foreign	O
Service	O
of	O
Georgetown	O
University	O
,	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDBA	B-Application
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
States	O
and	O
Institutions	O
of	O
Governance	O
in	O
Latin	O
America	O
(	O
SIGLA	O
)	O
database	O
,	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Political	B-Application
Database	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Americas	I-Application
was	O
formed	O
at	O
Georgetown	O
University	O
in	O
1995	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
1st	O
Summit	O
of	O
the	O
Americas	O
in	O
1994	O
in	O
Miami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
recognized	O
democracy	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
legitimate	O
form	O
of	O
government	O
in	O
the	O
Western	O
Hemisphere	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
OAS	O
and	O
Tinker	O
Foundation	O
funded	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
PDBA	B-Application
to	O
promote	O
this	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
new	O
investment	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
ceased	O
and	O
the	O
PDBA	B-Application
was	O
decommissioned	O
,	O
leaving	O
a	O
vacuum	O
for	O
scholars	O
and	O
others	O
interested	O
in	O
Latin	O
American	O
political	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDBA	B-Application
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
States	O
and	O
Institutions	O
of	O
Governance	O
in	O
Latin	O
America	O
(	O
SIGLA	O
)	O
database	O
,	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
