miriam kornblith, let's start with you.do we see in terms of resistance in latin america to these anti-democratic trends? how are people fighting back? >> there is a lot of fighting back against authoritarian trends, even in the case of cuba, for the first time in 60 years, people took to the streets. there's a very vibrant civil society in latin america that is fighting back. they are looking for transparency, anticorruption, for law, independent judiciary, independent legislative branches, there are lots of courageous, innovative and very committed people fighting back. >> reporter: helen kezie-nwoha, you talked a lot about elections, why is it important for the world to try and support african election infrastructure? >> people and organizations and others bodies are working hard to ensure that electoral processes are more transparent despite the militarized nature of states. within africa, although there's been a lot of works in attempts of assessing role of citizens on the floor in the role of elections, you find the e