European partnership for democracy, EPD

Colombia’s push back against ‘wave of autocracy’. Democracy Digest.

Is the Obama administration hesitant to make democracy promotion a priority? The Carnegie Endowment’s Robert Kagan and Aroop Mukharji hint as much. But they are more concerned to celebrate Colombia President Álvaro Uribe’s decision not to seek a fourth term of office: Democracy is being undermined across South America, where hyper-presidencies and constitutional change have become commonplace. [...]

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