Alejandro Plaz
Alejandro Plaz is a founder of the Venezuelan volunteer civil association, Súmate.
Plaz is a Venezuelan engineer and management consultant, who holds three Master’s degrees (two from Stanford University), and was a Senior partner for McKinsey & Company in Latin America, before taking a leave of absence to co-found Súmate with María Corina Machado.
Plaz and other members of Súmate were charged with treason and conspiracy for receiving a $31,000 grant from the National Endowment for Democracy. According to the United States Department of state: "aimed at strengthening citizen participation in the democratic, constitutional processes of their country".[1] The trial has been postponed several times.
Notes
- ^ Embassy of the United States, Venezuela (July 8, 2005). "Súmate Trial Decision". Accessed 18 June 2006.
External links
- Official Súmate website
- Human Rights Watch statement on trial of Súmate founders
- Democracy Activists in Venezuela Threatened
- The State of Democracy in Venezuela, United States Senate hearings before the Committee on foreign relations.
- U.S. Department of State, The State of Democracy in Venezuela, Dec. 1, 2005.
- US Embassy statement on "conspiracy" charges against Súmate founders
- Plaz bio
- Súmate put on trial as U.S. puppet
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