This timely assessment of both the progress toward democratic governance
globally and the significant challenges that democracies face is the outcome of
a workshop organized by the Community of Democracies. The Community is a group
of more than a hundred countries devoted to the spread and consolidation of
democracy around the world.
About Author:
Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz is the permanent representative of Chile to the United
Nations and professor at the Institute of International Studies at the
University of Chile. He has also served as deputy foreign minister and minister
secretary-general of the Government of Chile. His most recent publication in
English is the coedited volume Latin