Full Coverage: Democracy

27.09.2003 Après le coup d'État en avril 2002 et l'échec de la grève patronale en février 2003, l'opposition vénézuélienne s'est lancée corps et âme dans la mise sur pied d'un référendum afin de révoquer le mandat du président Chavez. Mais différentes entorses aux procédures juridiques devant mener à un tel référendum ont signé l'arrêt de mort de ce projet, le 12 septembre. L'opposition n'a toutefois pas dit son dernier mot.

26.09.2003 May 6, 2003 - African political leaders are meeting in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, this week to seek a solution to the rapidly escalating political, economic, and social crises described in this OneWorld U.S. special report on the events that brought the once-thriving country to the "breaking point."

26.09.2003 The controversial program that would have allowed U.S. officials to gain access to vast amounts of U.S. citizens' personal data--including credit card, travel, medical, library and even video-rental records--was killed in Congress Thursday due to widespread privacy rights concerns.

24.09.2003 Afghan President Hamed Karzai has finally announced that the approval of a new constitution will take place in December. The grand assembly or the Loya Jirga, which will discuss and pass the constitution will be convened in December, and not October.

18.09.2003 Depuis quelques années, les autorités algériennes parlent de plus en plus de changement. Ainsi, le 5 avril dernier, le Ministre de l'immigration du Canada Denis Coderre a suspendu le moratoire sur le renvoi des ressortissantEs AlgérienNEs malgré les protestations des groupes de défense des droits. Cependant, le nouveau rapport d’Amnistie internationale confirme que la situation des droits humains en Algérie demeure très préoccupante.

16.09.2003 The bloodless military coup that deposed an elected president in one of the world's poorest countries is being welcomed by most people in Guinea-Bissau and neighboring countries, where President Kumba Yala was seen generally as a corrupt and authoritarian leader.

15.09.2003 FREETOWN, Sep 15 (IPS) -- "The military of Guinea Bissau has taken this action because the government is abusing the constitution and seems incapable of resolving the country's mounting political and economic problems," says Verissimo Correia Seabre, the army General who led Sunday's coup.

14.09.2003 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (IPS) -- George Soros, most often described as a billionaire philanthropist, once shared some of the political values of U.S. President George W. Bush. For example, they both wanted ''regime change'' in Iraq. And now Soros has made a full political circle: he wants to see a ''regime change'' in the United States.

12.09.2003 Des ONG canadiennes travaillent pour faire modifier la Loi de l’impôt qui définit les règles appliquées par l’Agence des Douanes et du Revenu du Canada (ADRC) quand vient le temps d’accepter un groupe en tant qu'organisme de bienfaisance - à noter que, pour les groupes de femmes, il est particulièrement difficile de se faire reconnaître en tant que tel.

12.09.2003 La terza parte della Costituzione Europea è la cartina al tornasole del viraggio morbido della futura Costituzione Europea verso valori lontani dalla centralità del primato del lavoro e dal ripudio della guerra in cui si erano identificate le Costituzioni antifasciste. Possibile che questa operazione di spostamento dell'asse verso l'impresa e di relativizzazione del principio della pace possa passare sotto silenzio?
di Mario Agostinelli

11.09.2003 Les délégués de plus d’une vingtaine de ONG ont manifesté pacifiquement hier lors de la plénière d’ouverture de la 5e réunion ministérielle de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce à Cancún, afin de dénoncer le programme anti-démocratique, anti-développement et complètement dépassé de l’OMC.

10.09.2003 International and Chilean human rights groups are calling on Chile's government to move more quickly to punish those responsible for the bloody period during and after the U.S.-supported coup against elected socialist president Salvador Allende on the now infamous date of September 11, in 1973.

10.09.2003 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 10 (CSM) -– In the land of Doonesbury, George W. Bush has changed hats. Once a voice from under a Stetson, the American president in the Garry Trudeau comic strip now speaks from under a Roman soldier's feathered metal helmet.

09.09.2003 CARACAS, Sep 9 (CSM) -– The 17 volunteers gathered in a central Caracas apartment have at least one thing in common: most have President Hugo Chávez to thank for getting them involved in politics. Now they're determined to end his political career by having him recalled from office.

09.09.2003 Ever since Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, became Russia's president, many have wondered if a return to Soviet ways was in the offing. Extreme pessimists see in his every move the death of Russian democracy. Extreme optimists say he is a democrat at heart.

05.09.2003 Le premier ministre ontarien Ernie Eves a finalement déclenché des élections provinciales. Le 2 octobre prochain, le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique demande à tous ses membres de profiter de l’occasion de renverser le courant de destruction des conservateurs.

05.09.2003 The Burma Campaign UK and MTV have joined forces to ask you to help in the setting free of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner arrested and detained on May 30th 2003, following a massacre of her supporters. Write to Kofi Annan now.

03.09.2003 Simon Burall, Director of the One World Trust, highlights the importance of accountability and transparency for NGOs, both to enhance global democracy and to forestall attacks from partisan interests. August 11, 2003

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Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change was well ahead of Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party according to a preliminary count following Sunday's local elections. Meanwhile, the government demanded that the UN shut down emergency relief offices in two provinces.

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Medea Benjamin, founder of Global Exchange, recounts the story of an Iraqi neighborhood ordered by U.S. forces to elect leaders and develop suggestions for improving local conditions. Is this democracy in action, or what? Read the story to find out.