I am humbled to speak about the future of democracy in Cuba in the presence of such great heroes of the freedom struggle in Cuba as Antunez, Berta Soler, Antonio Rodiles, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, and Rolando Rodriguez Lobaina. It’s also...

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Miriam Kornblith is Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. She has taught politics at the Central University of Venezuela, and from 1998 to 1999 served as a board member and vice-president...

Honorables Senadores Representantes del Congreso de los Estados Unidos de América Distinguidos miembros de la Junta Directiva de la NED Señoras y señoresGracias al Congreso de los Estados Unidos y al National Endowment...

Honorable Senators and Representatives for the United States of America, Distinguished members of the National Endowment for Democracy’s Board of Directors, Ladies and Gentlemen,Thank you to the Congress of the United States of America and the National Endowment for Democracy for your never-ending...

During his eight-year tenure as mayor of one of the five municipalities of Caracas, Leopoldo Lopez won first-prize awards from Transparency International for running Venezuela’s most honest and efficient municipal administration. The year after he left office, Leopoldo founded the political party...

The Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy is honored to host the 2015 Democracy Award honoring Political Prisoners of Venezuela. Accepting on behalf of Venezuela's imprisoned political leaders,...

Rebecca Aaberg is program officer for the Council for a Community of Democracies (CCD). She has played a lead role in organizing democracy education programs in Colombia, Kosovo, and Tunisia and is currently working on a series of democracy education workshops that...