The Latest Breaking News from Carter Center

Guinea worm: A nasty parasite is nearly eradicated, but the push for zero cases will require patience

A painful, parasitic disease that once infected 3.5 million people per year is tantalizingly close to being eradicated.

The Conversation · Feb 2, 2023

Carter Center: Guinea worm disease one step closer to eradication

ATLANTA — When the Carter Center assumed leadership of the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, about 3.5 million people in Africa and Asia were afflicted with the debilitating illness caused by the parasite.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Guinea worm disease could be second ever human illness to be eradicated

As cases fall, the condition that once affected millions of people in Africa and Asia could also be the first to be wiped out without medicines

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023

Brazil election marked by disinformation networks, says Carter Center

The Carter Center said on Friday that Brazil's presidential election was marked by a proliferation of sophisticated disinformation attacking the voting system and then questioning the impartiality of the national electoral authority.

Reuters · Nov 5, 2022

Carter Center to monitor US elections for the first time in response to rising threats to democracy

It is the first time the democracy promotion organisation has undertaken an observation programme in the US

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

‘The Trump playbook’: Republicans hint they will deny election results

Some candidates are already questioning the integrity of the vote and undermining the credibility of the results

The Guardian - US · Nov 2, 2022

Carter Center to monitor midterms in Georgia's Fulton County

The Carter Center will provide nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia It is a Democratic bastion at the heart of metro Atlanta and at the core of former President Donald Trump’s false assertions that the 2020 presidential election was rigged

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Explainer-What is driving tensions ahead of Brazil's presidential election?

Brazil will hold the most polarized presidential election in decades next month, with many expecting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to contest the result if he is defeated by former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as polls suggest.

Reuters · Sep 19, 2022

Brazil invites election observers on record scale as Bolsonaro stirs doubts

Brazil is preparing to receive a record number of international observers for its October election, according to electoral authorities and participating organizations, amid a polarized presidential race in which President Jair Bolsonaro has questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines.

Reuters · May 27, 2022