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Gerardo Le Chevalier – no one better understood democracy’s prospects in the Americas

By Michael Allen on February 2, 2010

More tragic news emerging from Haiti where the United Nations confirmed that Gerardo Le Chevalier, head of the UN Electoral Assistance unit, was killed in the 7.0 quake.
A Salvadoran citizen and former director of Latin America and Caribbean programs for the National Democratic Institute, he was among those who died when the U.N. headquarters in Port-au-Prince [read full story]

Posted in Failed states, Haiti, Latin America and the Carribean, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Solidarity Center | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Responses

North Korea: openings in closed society?

By Michael Allen on July 20, 2009

“Tibetans have the Dalai Lama and Richard Gere, Burmese have Aung San Suu Kyi, Darfurians have Mia Farrow and George Clooney,” notes human rights activist Suzanne Scholte. “North Koreans have no one like that.”
The torments of life in North Korea’s gulag are documented in this must-read article in The Washington Post:  
Before guards shoot prisoners [read full story]

Posted in Asia, Closed societies, Democracy assistance, Human rights, Must Read, National Endowment for Democracy, corruption, dissidents, north korea | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a response

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