Epstein Secrets

inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- "We're not perfect. But we do have democracy." —Hugo Chavez "Yes, we falsified the last election.... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European resu

n many cases civil society organizations would play a more important role than governments. Her words seemed prescient in light of later events in Serbia, where student activists organized a campaign that eventually brought about the downfall of President Slobodan Milotevio in 2000, and in Ukraine, w

at in many cases civil society organizations would play amore important role than governments. Her words seemed prescient in light of later events in Serbia, where student activists organized a campaign that eventually brought about the downfall of President Slobodan MiloSevicé in 2000, and in Ukraine, wh

inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- “We're not perfect. But we do have democracy.” —Hugo Chavez “Yes, we falsified the last election... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European result,

know that demagogues and aspiring despots can use the language and even the mechanisms of democracy to build personal dictatorships (Napoleon IlI and Hugo Chavez, for example). We know that popular opinion is sometimes more nationalistic than elite opinion and that gains for democracy do not always lead to mor

xample, I'm on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy, which had an important role in supporting solidarity in Poland in the 1980s, and in Serbia, and the Orange Coalition in Ukraine. So there are ways in which we've encouraged democratic forces around the world. I still believe in that mission