Between 20 and 21 March 2024, International IDEA organized a roadmap workshop on the topic of protecting electoral processes in the information environment.
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The widespread use of generative artificial intelligence tools poses a challenge for journalism, both in terms of resource optimization and in preventing threats related to misinformation and fake news. According to Honduran digital transformation specialist Rogelio Umaña, it is important to strengthen the principles of good journalism to leverage technology for the benefit of political coverage.
The advancement of artificial intelligence brings opportunities for journalistic coverage in terms of task optimization and automation. At the same time, AI can bring risks, such as the proliferation of misinformation. Addressing these threats and seizing opportunities requires ongoing training and updating.
In 2023 we will find outstanding advances in the election of women in Latin America, but at the same time, effective equality continues to be a goal that seems distant and with complex challenges.
The commemoration of 2024 International Women's Day will be a contentious moment in many Latin American and Caribbean countries. Despite decades of significant advances, and in no doubt, also blockades and challenges for gender equality and women's empowerment in the region, today, there is greater danger for backsliding and backlash.
The third Summit for Democracy will take place from 18 to 20 March 2024 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. International IDEA is contributing to the third Summit through its role as a Platform for Engagement with Civil Society, as an organizer of Summit activities, and as co-coordinator of the Global Democracy Coalition and the Partners for Democracy Day.
The Spanish version of the website will increase International IDEA's reach within Spanish-speaking communities.
El domingo 4 de febrero de 2024 se realizaron en Costa Rica los sextos comicios para elegir autoridades municipales por los próximos 4 años en los 84 municipios y 492 distritos del país, para un total de 6,212 autoridades locales que resultaron electas.
International IDEA's Board of Advisers had its first meeting of the year on 8 February 2024. During the session, the Board considered its agenda for the year, engaging in comprehensive discussions on possible programmatic and governance priorities. The Board also decided on its leadership for the coming years.
Costa Rica held the Municipal Elections on February 4, with the participation of the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of IDEA, Marcela Ríos Tobar.
What does it mean to talk about risks in the electoral context? At what point does a risk become a threat? How can we prevent that threat from turning into a crisis that jeopardizes electoral integrity and democracy as a whole? These questions were addressed during the visit of International IDEA’s expert Sead Alihodzic to Panama City between 16 to 20 January 2024.
La literatura especializada ha advertido repetidamente sobre el riesgo de los sistemas multipartidistas y de la falta de apoyo legislativo del presidente para la estabilidad de los regímenes democráticos (Linz, 1990; Mainwaring, 1993; Mainwaring & Shugart, 1997, entre otros).
Join a Q&A meeting on Day 2 of the Summit on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, at 2 pm CET/8 am EST.
¿Por qué sostenemos que a pesar de esta ampliación constitucional de “las democracias” percibimos un deterioro de la misma? La respuesta es compleja pues abarca distintas dimensiones, entre ellas, la propia confianza de los ciudadanos en el sistema democrático; el decurso de los procesos electorales y sus resultados frente a un futuro ciclo electoral previsto para 2025 con elecciones generales y 2026 con elecciones subnacionales; y finalmente la diferenciada y frágil situación de los partidos políticos como principales protagonistas de la representación.
El 17 de diciembre millones de chilenas y chilenos tendrán que concurrir una vez más a las urnas para un nuevo plebiscito de salida, el que se asume –independiente del resultado– será el cierre a los intentos por reemplazar la Constitución de 1980.
El 4 y 5 de diciembre de 2023, el Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española de Cartagena, Colombia (CFCE), fue sede del Seminario "Desinformación, Fake News, Redes Sociales y Elecciones en América Latina," organizado por IDEA Internacional y la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID).
Daniel Zovatto, politólogo y jurista argentino, experto en democratización, elecciones y gobernabilidad, ocupó el puesto desde 1996 y ahora se retira dejando un legado de logros en América Latina y el Caribe.
El 4 y 5 de diciembre de 2023, el Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española de Cartagena, Colombia (CFCE), fue sede del Seminario "Desinformación, Fake News, Redes Sociales y Elecciones en América Latina," organizado por IDEA Internacional y la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID).
En 2023, la política latinoamericana abrió su período electoral presidencial en Paraguay y lo cierra en Argentina, tras paradas en Guatemala y Ecuador, cuya presidencial anticipada sirve para completar la truncada gestión de Guillermo Lasso.
The Sitio Mata Interparty Ethical Pact for the 2024 municipal elections, prepared by 59 young people, was signed by 42 national and local political parties in Costa Rica in a ceremony held on November 18.