National Endowment for Democracy names Edmund M. Glabus Chief Operating...
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has named Edmund M. Glabus as its new Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Glabus most recently served as executive director of The Veterans Consortium, a nonprofit organization...
Reporting From the Front Lines of Authoritarianism: A Conversation...
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Emerging young voices in independent media from Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation, and Armenia discussed the common challenges they face while reporting within their home countries and across the region.
Remembering Lodi Gyari
NED President Carl Gershman makes remarks at Lodi’s memorial service I’ve been asked to speak about Lodi under the heading “Introduction to the United States of America.” I assume...
Buying Votes and Lining Pockets: Venezuela's Petro-Diplomacy
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Launched in 2005 by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ostensibly as a means to foster regional development in Central America and the Caribbean, the Petrocaribe program injected an estimated $28 billion into 14 beneficiary countries. However, the disbursement of the funds and their use by local governments was opaque and often mismanaged, and served to buy the diplomatic loyalty that has shielded the Chávez/Maduro regime from greater international opprobrium.
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