Chile’s September 11 happened in 1973, when on that date, a bloody military coup smashed one of Latin America’s strongest democracies with roots stretching back 140 years. The military assaulted the presidential palace, leading to the death of validly elected President Salvador Allende, while it rounded up thousands across the country. 

Located 14,000 feet above sea level, Tibet has the world’s highest peak, the largest ice cap beyond the two poles and a diverse set of mountainous plants and animals. Tibet is also home to approximately six million Tibetans, all living under Chinese Communist Party rule. Just across the border in India, there is a vibrant community of 80,000 exiled Tibetans. After fleeing political persecution in Tibet in 1959, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama led these Tibetans to form a government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

Who really controls the Internet? It's tempting to think of the internet as a global resource managed by some distant, far-off authority. But in reality, keeping it accessible, free, open and secure is everyone’s collective responsibility. Making the internet “work” for society requires the active engagement of an intentionally distributed system where no one government, organization or company controls it.

“There are always forces seeking to undermine democracy. Transparency and open data are key to defending it,”  asserted Lord Frances Maude, Member of the House of Lords, in opening remarks of the Open Parliament Day Conference held in the Parliament of Estonia, ahead of the OGP Global Summit.