Thursday, March 24, 2005

Carter and his wife resign from Carter Center leadership roles The news is out that Jimmy Carter has just resigned from leading the Carter Center, giving out many excuses about helping the transition for when he and his wife are no longer active in the Center's activities. I guess we may never know exactly why he and his wife quit, but I sure hope it had something to do with the bad job done by the Center in Venezuela. It certainly sounds strange for both Carter and his wife to quit at the same time their respective positions at the Board of Trustees of the Center. I am sure this was forced by other trustees. Ever since Carter won the Nobel Peace prize the Center's image has been damaged by its actions. My feeling is that this is neither good nor bad for the Center itself. It was Carter's presence that supposedly gave it its prestige, so I don't see how his departure helps. But at the same time, Carter's leadership in the eyes of Venezuelans like me left a lot to be desired and the Center made superficial decisions on Venezuela and the whole process that led to the recall vote, which hurt the Center's image. They would have to find an extermely powerful leader to make up for both these problems. 5:29:45 PM    comment []