Interviews From Caracas

Today's program addresses the question of democracy. Program host Eduardo Rothe interviews political anthropologist George Azariah Moreno on the nature and content of Venezuelan democracy. This includes a massive 70% growth in the voter rolls, increased participation by previously marginalized sectors such as the indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants, transparency in the electoral process, including recall referendums, and an expansion of the very concept of democracy, with communal councils on a local level stimulating grass roots participation. teleSUR