Blogs dealing with democracy across the globe continue to discuss last week's controversial visit to Azerbaijan [1] by Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. Democracy Digest is the latest and says that the embarrassing event at least exposed the existence of government-organized NGOs (GONGOs) in authoritarian countries. The blog also says that there are suggestions that some of Plouffe's $50,000 speaker's fee should be donated to the families of imprisoned journalists in the country [2].
Azerbaijan: GONGOs
· Written by Onnik Krikorian
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, North America, Azerbaijan, U.S.A., International Relations, Media & Journalism, Politics