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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work.

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

We see restrictions playing out in Paraguay and the United States. But we need to be clear eyed about the fact that this is a conservative reading of civil society and subject to a wide variety of pressures. Mounting Pressures Our sector will face increasing political and societal pressures. In Uganda and Myanmar. Hungary and Iran.

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