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Creating a culture of democracy to re-envision the Monzón Valley’s future

Pushing gender parity and youth participation to the forefront of the political agenda

Web tool engages young voters in Bolivia’s elections

COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on countries and states as to whether to hold or postpone scheduled elections, amid controversies in either case.

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

With more than 70 national elections scheduled for the rest of year worldwide, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is putting into question whether some of these elections will happen on time or at all.  

Approximately 200 leaders of Bolivian youth and political organizations met in the city of Tiquipaya in Cochabamba to participate in an event termed “Youth National Dialogue #PROTAGONISTAS”, a space that aims to foster programmatic bonds between civil society and various political organizations around demands embodied in a youth driven agenda of public policy proposals.

International IDEA and the Electoral Tribunal of the Republic of Panama have a long history of cooperation. Since the first days of the Panamanian democratic transition, both institutions have worked together in the organization of discussion panels, seminars, workshops and research documents.

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

Democracy is facing deep challenges across Latin America today.

The Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Dr Daniel Zovatto gave a keynote lecture on 13 February 2020 on “Electoral super cycle in Latin America: reconfiguration of the regional political map”, organized by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE, for its Spanish acronym) at its headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The follow-up work undertaken in Bolivia by the campaign #PROTAGONISTAS, advanced by International IDEA in partnership with the "Coordinadora de la Mujer " with support of the Swedish Embassy, made it possible to detect that only one out of eight political organizations taking part in the country’s 2020 general elections complied with full parity in the candidate lists.

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

The map of the institutional chaos of Venezuela shows two presidents of the government and two of Parliament, with two legislative bodies of a unicameral system, two general prosecutors—one in exile— and two supreme courts of justice— one in the United States—with their respective hierarchs.

On 10 December 2019, Jurisdictional and international authorities along with experts in democracy, elections and electoral justice met at the headquarters of the High Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico (TEPJF in Spanish) to present the findings of International IDEA’s report The State of Democracy in the World and in the Americas 2019

While many Latin American countries have benefited from democratization and economic reforms, political corruption remains a serious threat to the sustainability of democracy in the region.

Given the importance of effective political finance systems in anti-corruption efforts, a comparative overview is provided using the available data on 2018 political finance regulations in Latin America provided by International IDEA’s Political Finance Database.

Jurists, judges and academics from 12 countries discussed the challenges of social media for electoral justice in the XI Ibero-American Conference on Electoral Justice, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 28 to 29 November 2019.

International IDEA and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) organized the second Global Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean in New York from 25-27 September 2019, in collaboration with various organizations such as Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Club de Madrid

In a highly interactive day full of testimonies and examples, International IDEA shared its work experience on the rights of youth and women in Bolivia with a delegation from the Swedish Embassy who arrived from Guatemala to learn about the good practices that have been in place in Bolivia.

With the main goal of contributing to the informed vote of the population for the 2019 General Elections in Bolivia, not seeking to induce a decision or establish a trend of any nature, as of today the digital tool CANDI Dat@s is published online. This is a digital tool developed by International IDEA, with support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.