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Alejandro Toledo, PhD
CDDRL Consulting Professor 2012-13View Alejandro Toledo's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
September 23rd, 2012
CDDRL's research community expands
CDDRL NewsCDDRL is pleased to welcome new (and returning) faculty, staff, pre and post-doctoral fellows, and visiting scholars to our expanding research community for the 202-13 academic year. Enriching our ranks with new scholars and practitioners, allows CDDRL to expand the breadth and scope of our work and global impact. Please join us in welcoming these new colleagues to the CDDRL community. Read more »
May 2nd, 2012
Stanford conference to explore indigenous rights in Latin America
CDDRL, PHR AnnouncementThe Program on Human Rights (PHR) at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) together with the Center for Latin American Studies is hosting a one-day conference on Tuesday, May 8 2012 at Stanford University to shed light on the important human rights issues indigenous populations face in Latin America. Read more »
December 9th, 2009
Alejandro Toledo launches Social Agenda for Democracy in Latin America
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsFormer Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, the 2007-08 Payne Distinguished Lecturer and visiting scholar at CDDRL, has launched a Social Agenda for Democracy in Latin America for the next twenty years. Read more »
July 31st, 2009
President Alejandro Toledo on restoring trust in democratic institutions in Latin America
CDDRL Op-ed: Miami Herald on July 25, 2009"We have seen a trend in a number of our Latin American countries for the executive to bypass the legislature and judiciary by calling for popular referenda that seek to constitutionally eradicate term limits. These 'legal' circumventions of the checks and balances of power become an auto-immune-like disease of the democratic system," Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru and current Visiting Scholar at CDDRL, stated in an op-ed in the Miami Herald. "With unlimited term limits, even a leader who was at first democratically elected can consolidate enough power to manipulate future elections, thereby undermining the original legitimacy of democracy." 
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September 22nd, 2008
Former president to develop 20-year social agenda for democracy in Latin America
FSI Stanford, CDDRL NewsDr. Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, describes his vision as "democracy that delivers." "My colleagues and I who have taken that challenge of public life as a vocation and life commitment," Toledo says, "cannot but feel concerned about the great challenges faced by our continent where half its population lives between poverty and misery and where inequalities and social exclusion are at their highest." 
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