thunde authoritarianism the democratic world is everywhere and lives in the anti-corruption activists, human rights defenders, the journalists, the peace protesters. on the front lines of this struggle in belarus, serbia, cuba, venezuela, and everywhere in between and lives in the brave women of sudan who withstood violence and oppression to push a genocidal dictator from power and keep working every day to defend their democratic progress. it lives in the proud moldovans who helped deliver landslide victory for the forces of democracy with a mandate to fight and build a more inclews economy. it lives in the young people of zambia who harnessed the power of voting turning out in record numbers to renounce corruption and chart a new path. while no democracy is perfect, including the united states, we ll continue to struggle to loif up to the highest ideals to