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SUMMARY:Elections Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Watch the event recording: \n\n\n2024 has\, and continues to be a historic year for global elections\, with over 2 billion people in 50 countries cast ballots in elections that will shape democracy around the globe for years to come. This virtual event will examine the implications of this year’s many global elections on the future of global democracy\, and will feature incoming SNF Agora Dissident in Residence David Smolansky\, who will comment on the Venezuela July 28 elections and the stakes when democracies backslide\, and SNF Agora Visiting Fellow Sanjay Ruparelia\, an expert on India’s and South Africa’s elections. \n\nSpeakers: \nDavid Smolansky served as the Mayor of El Hatillo City in Caracas\, Venezuela. His tenure as Mayor gained national and international recognition for its transparency and notable reduction in kidnappings\, despite operating in one of the world’s most violent capitals. His commitment to addressing human rights violations and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela led him to play a pivotal role in non-violent protests against Maduro’s dictatorship. As a result of defending democratic values while serving in local government\, he faced arbitrary arrest warrants\, removal from his Mayoral role\, illegal disqualification for public service\, banned from voting\, and ultimately\, forced into exile. \nAfter fleeing Venezuela\, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) appointed Smolansky as the special envoy to address the Venezuelan migration and refugee crisis\, the largest in the world. He authored 15 reports and conducted over 20 official visits to 11 countries in the Americas\, advocating for policies to protect and integrate Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have fled Maduro’s regime. \n  \n \nSanjay Ruparelia is associate professor of politics and public administration\, and the inaugural Jarislowsky Democracy Chair\, at Toronto Metropolitan University. \nRuparelia is a co-chair of the Participedia network\, which examines democratic innovations around the world; contributing editor to Indian Politics and Policy\, and associate editor of Pacific Affairs and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian Politics
URL:https://snfagora.jhu.edu/event/elections-around-the-world/
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