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Derechos Humanos Y Democracia
“Human Rights and Democracy” is a Civic Education Discussion Guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by PARTICIPA, Chile. The guide gives a detailed explanation about the evolution of human rights, describes its characteristics and its classification, as well as it exposes how human rights have been categorized throughout the years. The handbook illustrates the connection between the government and civil rights, its guarantees as well as the obligations the citizens have in connection to the respect of human rights. Additionally, the guide encloses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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El Veedor
“The Observer” is an electoral guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the Faculty of Diplomatic and Juridical Sciences of the Catholic University in Paraguay. The handbook is meant to provide guidance for the election officials and observers during the electoral process. Moreover, it can also serve as a general voter guide for all eligible electors in Paraguay. The guide contains election related information such as: the voting procedures, the attributions and responsibilities of the election officials and observers, the counting of the votes, and lastly, the sanctions enforced in case of election-related crimes.
Election Material
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Chile Necesita tu Compromiso con el futuro
“Chile Needs Your Commitment with the Future” is a flyer, available in Spanish, issued by the PARTICIPA Corporation of private law, Chile, and intended to stimulate people to vote in the 1988 national plebiscite in Chile. The flyer reaches out to the Chilean voters encouraging participation that would bring in the country the desired values of a democratic system.
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La Democracia es responsabilidad de todos
“Human Rights and Democracy” is a Civic Education Discussion Guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by PARTICIPA, Chile. The guide gives a detailed explanation about the evolution of human rights, describes its characteristics and its classification, as well as it exposes how human rights have been categorized throughout the years. The handbook illustrates the connection between the government and civil rights, its guarantees as well as the obligations the citizens have in connection to the respect of human rights. Additionally, the guide encloses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Los C.E.C. de Nande Rapera
“The Committees of Civic Education of Ñande Raperã” is a civic education program description, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the Ñande Raperã civic group in Paraguay. The document explains and describes the structure and the objectives of the Ñande Raperã civic group, engaged in promoting democracy through civic education. It describes the steps to be taken in order to achieve the proposed objectives.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Manual del Veedor
“Observer’s Manual” is an electoral guide for observers, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the “Decidamos” group in Paraguay in lead up to the May 1, 1989 Paraguayan General Elections. The handbook provides in-depth information on the general aspects of the electoral process and it is meant to guide political parties’ observers in their duty on the day of the elections. Some of the information included in the guide explains and describes who is considered an eligible elector, who and what are the duties of the observers, and the opening of the polling stations and the after-voting counting process.
Election Material
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Municipio y Municipalidad
“County and Municipality” is a civic education handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by Gustavo Laterza Rivarola from the Center of Democratic Studies in Paraguay and is intended to familiarize Paraguayans with the structural formation of the counties and municipalities in Paraguay. The author explores five topics, with the following titles: the city, the county, the municipality, the municipal organizations, and the municipality and society.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Practicas electorales entre los estudiantes
”Electoral Practices among Students” is an electoral exercise article, part of the Civic-Electoral Culture Program in Chile, available in Spanish. The document was issued in 1989 and it describes student electoral exercises while including examples of these. Through these electoral practices among students the coordinators of the program are trying to emphasize the role of the voting process in any elections and to stimulate participation of the future eligible voters.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Que es la democracia?
“What is Democracy?” is a Civic Education Discussion Guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by PARTICIPA, Chile in lead up to the December 14, 1989 Chilean Presidential Election. The guide describes in details the characteristics of democracy, offering to the reader a thorough description of its main values and features. Additionally, the guide contains a set of interactive activities that contain questions about democracy.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voz y voto: y como puedo ayudar a construirla?
“Voice and the Vote: and How Can I Help Build it?” is a civic education brochure, available in Spanish, issued by the PARTICIPA Corporation of private law, Chile. The brochure is meant to encourage people to follow certain steps in promoting the values of democracy in Chile, starting within the family unit and extending it to the larger society. Additionally, the brochure presents the advantages of having a democratic society and why should people strive to achieve it.