The Arcadia Foundation promotes democracy and curbs corruption in governments all over the world. We fight on-the-ground for those with little control over their lives, who yearn for understanding and support from their governments. We provide the platform, the tools and the training for political activism and encourage dialogue and transparency between government and their citizenry.
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Dec. 27th, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Justice Department announced charges against two former executives of a Miami-based telecommunications company accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to government officials in Honduras to maintain a long-distance telephone link with the U.S. Read More
Nov. 2nd, 2010
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sits down with the Arcadia Foundation to commend them on their efforts to uphold democracy in developing nations and promote fundamental human rights wherever they are being upheld. Read More
Apr. 11th, 2010
Arcadia Foundation President and former Chief Mediator between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army, Betty Bigombe has been awarded the Geuzen Medal for 2010 for her efforts to end the war in northern Uganda.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Justice Department announced charges against two former executives of a Miami-based telecommunications company accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to government officials in Honduras to maintain a long-distance telephone link with the U.S. Read Full Paper
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sits down with the Arcadia Foundation to commend them on their efforts to uphold democracy in developing nations and promote fundamental human rights wherever they are being upheld. Read Full Paper
Arcadia Foundation President and former Chief Mediator between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army, Betty Bigombe has been awarded the Geuzen Medal for 2010 for her efforts to end the war in northern Uganda.
Health, immigration and international politics were debated at Families USA’s 2010 Radio Row in Washington DC. Please click below to hear Arcadia Foundation’s Robert Carmona-Borjas discuss these issues with Samuel Orozco of Radio Bilingue
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Below, Arcadia Foundation founder Robert Carmona-Borjas talked about the right of Hondurans to decide to keep an American military base in Honduras (Palmerola) and denounced Hugo Chávez´s intervention in the matter. E HRN 6-25am (Robert Carmona-Declaraciones de Micheletti) 11-12-09
El presidente electo de Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, consideró el lunes que las elecciones que le dieron el triunfo legitiman a las instituciones políticas de su país y afirmó que el caso del depuesto mandatario Manuel Zelaya “ya es historia”.
Arcadia Foundation Founder Betty Bigombe to take part in panel discussions as part of the Eckerd College-Africa Initiative in 2010:
“The Plight and Promise of Africa: An Eckerd College Initiative” is a Tampa Bay communitywide effort that will promote dialogue about Africa both in and out of the classroom.
Robert Carmona-Borjas in La Tribuna:
Con mucho fervor patriótico hondureños residentes en varias ciudades de Estados Unidos, se agruparon a los centros de votación, autorizados por el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), donde pudieron elegir el Presidente del país, ya que solo pueden optar por esa nominación.
