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By Michael Allen on March 9, 2009
Neo-liberal economic reform has helped generate economic growth across much of Latin America, but often at the expense of large swathes of the poor and marginalized whose discontent has been readily exploited by radical populist forces. These reforms had ”only a limited effect on reducing the vast social and economic inequalities that threaten democracy,” said [read full story]
Posted in Latin America and the Carribean, National Endowment for Democracy | Tagged Latin America and the Carribean, National Endowment for Democracy |
By Michael Allen on February 17, 2009
On Wednesday, February 18th, the Georgetown Masters Program in Democracy and Governance is co-sponsoring a panel on election observation and democracy in Latin America with American University. Panelists include Glenn Cowan (Democracy International), Laura Grace (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs), Steve Griner (Organization of American States), and David Holiday (Open Society Institute). 12:00-1:30pm. American [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Events, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, democracy promotion, promoting democracy | Tagged democracy promotion, Elections, Events, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on February 13, 2009
February 17, 2009. 10:30 a.m. – The National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) Center for International Media Assistance and the Africa Program, the Center for Democracy and Development at the University of Massachusetts, and Mano River Media Forum/Democracy Media hold a workshop on “Support for Independent Media in Liberia’s New Democracy”. NED, 1025 F Street NW, [read full story]
Posted in Africa, China, Events, Global, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy | Tagged Africa, china, Events, Global, Latin America and the Carribean, National Endowment for Democracy, NGOs/Civil society |
By Michael Allen on February 12, 2009
Over at Foreign Policy, Laura Rozen cites sources suggesting that Georgetown University’s Arturo Valenzuela is in line to be assistant secretary for Western hemispheric affairs.
Between 1930 and 1980, 40% of governmental change in Latin America came through military coups, Valenzuela told a recent meeting at the National Endowment for Democracy. While the “dark nights of [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Latin America and the Carribean, Middle East and North Africa, democracy promotion | Tagged Democracy assistance, democracy promotion, jobs, Latin America and the Carribean, Middle East and North Africa, obama administration jobs |
By Michael Allen on February 10, 2009
The new US administration should revitalize democratic promotion in the Western Hemisphere as part of a new partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean, a new analysis argues. While the Inter-American Democratic Charter guarantees citizens the right to a democratic government, “a significant minority of Latin American states have begun to abridge citizens’ rights and [read full story]
Posted in Latin America and the Carribean, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy promotion, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged democracy promotion, foreign policy, Latin America and the Carribean, National Endowment for Democracy, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on February 9, 2009
The Latin America and Caribbean Network for Democracy has expressed its deep concern at the “serious threat to freedom of religion and worship” in Venezuela following recent attacks against the Maripérez Synagogue and the Catholic Church. The network states that recent official statements by President Hugo Chavez and other government figures have “brought violence against [read full story]
Posted in Cuba, Labour/labor unions, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, Venezuela, authoritarianism | Tagged authoritarianism, cuba, Labour/labor unions, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, venezuela |
By Michael Allen on December 30, 2008
Using international leverage to arrest Nicaragua’s downward spiral toward authoritarian rule could prevent President Daniel Ortega from “morphing” into another Robert Mugabe, argues Kevin Casas-Zamora, senior fellow in foreign policy at Washington’s Brookings Institution.
Ortega’s Sandinista movement has reacted violently to the alleged rigging of last month’s elections, cancelling the registration of two opposition parties, and [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, Regions, authoritarianism | Tagged authoritarianism, Elections, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, nicaragua, ortega |
By Michael Allen on December 18, 2008
Venezuela may be forced to cut government spending next year after oil prices fell by more than 70 percent, Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez has admitted. After recent electoral setbacks, the Chavista parliament approved a 2009 budget that includes a 22 percent spending increase, and the government will delay any cut until after the proposed referendum [read full story]
Posted in Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society, Regions | Tagged bolivarian revolution, Latin America and the Carribean, NGOs/Civil society |
By Michael Allen on December 2, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has restarted his campaign to amend the constitution to allow him to remain in power. “Chávez is here to stay,” he told party activists yesterday.
His announcement came a week after elections which saw the opposition register big wins in the most populous states and the capital Caracas. Chávez appears ready to [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Latin America and the Carribean, Regions | Tagged chavez, Elections, Latin America and the Carribean, term limits, venezuela |
By Michael Allen on November 26, 2008
The opposition’s significant gains in Venezuela’s state and local elections may represent a real political watershed and have likely dealt a decisive blow to President Hugo Chávez’s plans for indefinite rule. The results mean that opposition forces will “now have something of an institutional power base” to challenge the regime.
The adverse circumstances facing the opposition [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Latin America and the Carribean | Tagged Elections, Latin America and the Carribean, venezuela |
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