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Dec. 2, 2003 UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE CHAIR INVITED TO OBSERVE VENEZUELAN ELECTIONS Kenneth Roberts, chair of the University of New Mexico Political Science Department and UNM associate professor, was invited by the Carter Center and the Organization of American States (OAS) to serve as an election observer in Venezuela. The delegation of international experts was sent to Caracas and other cites in Venezuela to observe two scheduled collections of recall signatures - Nov. 21-24 and Nov. 28-Dec. 1. Roberts has served as an international electoral observer twice before. He was invited by The Carter Center to be a member of election observation delegations to Venezuela in December 1998 and May 2000. His research and writing focuses on political economy, party systems, labor and social movements in Latin America. He is the author of "Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru" (Stanford University Press 1998). The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering. The center seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy and improve health. ###

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