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Degrading democracy: bring to boil, then simmer…..

By Michael Allen on August 3, 2009

The world’s autocrats have devised a new recipe for retaining power, writes Moisés Naím in The Washington Post. The creeping coups use “referendums and constitutional amendments, rather than tanks and assaults on presidential palaces”, notes Naím, editor of Foreign Policy a board member of the National Endowment for Democracy, in today’s must-read article.
The recipe’s ingredients [read full story]

Posted in Backlash, Elections, Global, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, corruption, dissidents, foreign policy, media, protests | Tagged , , , | Leave a response

Honduras coup evokes ‘unacceptable’ images of Latin America’s past

By Michael Allen on June 30, 2009

As democratic states and non-governmental groups alike condemned the coup in Honduras, ousted president Manuel Zelaya insists that he will return to Tegucigalpa on Thursday, accompanied by Latin American dignitaries, including Jose Miguel Insulza, the head of the Organization of American States. Honduras may be expelled from the OAS at its emergency meeting today.
Pro-Zelaya demonstrators [read full story]

Posted in Christopher Sabatini, Democracy assistance, Honduras, Honduras coup, Inter-American Democratic Charter, Labour/labor unions, Manuel Zelaya, National Endowment for Democracy, Organization of American States, authoritarianism, coup in Honduras, democracy promotion, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a response

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