Club de Madrid Articles

Promoting national reconciliation in Myanmar

This mission jointly organized by International IDEA came at a critical juncture in Myanmar’s transition to democracy, after the opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) won the elections but before the outgoing government has ceded power. This visit...

Today is the International Human Rights Day!

Since its creation 13 years ago, the Club de Madrid has devoted the wisdom, experience and energy of its Members, all of them democratically elected Presidents and Prime Ministers from all over the world, to fostering democratic values and therefore to the direct...

Laura Chinchilla’s op-ed: ‘Countdown in Venezuela’

Venezuela, en cuenta regresiva   Laura Chinchilla Miembro del Club de Madrid y Ex Presidenta de Costa Rica   A pocas horas de que se abran las urnas para escoger representantes al Congreso en Venezuela, se respira en el país un ambiente de tensa...

Pastrana at the World Forum for Democracy: ‘It will not be possible to win the war against extremists without a soft power strategy’

Andrés Pastrana participated in this forum as Club de Madrid Member and was joined by Lord John Alderdice, one of the main high level experts that took part in the Club de Madrid latest policy dialogue, Madrid+10, Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. Mr...