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Los Valores Democraticos
“The Democratic Values” is an informative booklet, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico. The booklet discusses democratic values and is intended to familiarize the youth with its implications. The values discussed in the booklet include the following: the idea of responsibility, freedom, equality, tolerance, justice, pluralism, and participation.
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Formacion Civica y Etica
“Civic and Ethical Formation” is a teacher’s guide, available in Spanish, published in 1999 by the “Grupo Noriega Editores” in Mexico and meant to serve as a curriculum and guide for teaching civic and ethic classes. The guide discusses the concepts and implications of human nature and values, the role of citizens in the society, the role of the individual in the community, social organization of people and democracy. The guide contains reflection activities, for students, on the topics covered.
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El Concurso
“The Contest” is a civic education game description, available in Spanish, issued in Paraguay by the “Decidamos” group. The game’s objective is to stimulate understanding among the Paraguayan youth of some of the rights granted by the 1992 Constitution. The game contains 32 cards that present a situation and the number of the article that corresponds to the respective situation and a commentary, as well as 48 cards that present a right granted by the 1992 Constitution.
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Derechos de la Ninez
“Youth’s Rights” is a calendar, available in Spanish, issued in 1998 by several Human Rights groups in collaboration with the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico and designed to familiarize children with the rights they are entitled to. In the calendar, each month describes a childhood right.
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Desafio Democratico
“Democratic Challenge” is a civic education handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 1998 by the “Decidamos” group in Paraguay and is intended to promote debates about democratic coexistence, knowledge about the functions to be held by the authorities to be elected in the next elections, and voting criteria among young Paraguayan citizens. The document contains activities with situation cards to be discussed in groups.
Election Material
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justicia = Democracia
“Justice=Democracy” is a civic education pamphlet, available in Spanish, issued in 1997 in Paraguay by the “Decidamos” group as part of a national drive program to stimulate Paraguayan voters to register in the Permanent Civil Registry in order to be able to vote in the 1998 General Elections. The pamphlet briefly explains how to successfully register.
Election Material
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Funciones …del Poder Legislativo
“Attributions of the Legislative Power” is a civic education handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 2001 by the “Decidamos” group in Paraguay and meant to familiarize Paraguayan citizens with the responsibilities and attributions of the legislative power. The document briefly describes the characteristics of the Paraguayan state, the division of state powers, and it concludes with the functions of the legislative power.
Election Material
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Proceso de Formacion y Sancion de las Leyes
“The Creation and Adoption of Laws” is a civic education handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 2001 by the “Decidamos” group in Paraguay and meant to familiarize Paraguayan citizens with the law-making process. The document explains and describes how laws are formed, the role of the Executive power in approving them, and the role citizens’ participation in the law making process.
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Una Experiencia Democratica
“A Democratic Experience” is the first edition of the “Horizonte Ciudadano” informative bulletin, available in Spanish, issued in 1995 by the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico. The bulletin discusses, through illustrations, a democratic experience for children, intended to familiarize young children with the benefits that come with actively participating in a democratic setting. This first edition discusses how a group of children organize themselves to participate in a camping trip and to take part in the elections of the student council of their school.