Sumate

Extracted Attributes

• Name

  Súmate

• Type

  Nonpartisan

• Scope

  National (Venezuela)

• Country

  Venezuela

• Meaning

  Join Up (Spanish)

• Mission

  Promote free exercise of citizen's political rights, discussion of public interest, achieve high citizen participation in elections, promote a peaceful democratic solution to the political crisis in Venezuela, encourage citizens to check voter registry and participate in referendums.

• Number of Volunteers

  Over 100,000

• Number of State Coordinators

  24

• Number of Trained Individuals

  At least 25,000

• Number of Municipal Coordinators

  330

Timeline

• María Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz met and shared concerns about the political direction of Venezuela, leading to the organization's formation. (Source: Web Search - Súmate - Wikipedia)

  2001-XX-XX

• Súmate was founded as a Venezuelan volunteer civil association by María Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz. (Source: User Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY - Súmate)

  2002-01-01

• Súmate led a national petition drive to collect millions of signatures for a recall referendum against President Hugo Chávez. (Source: Web Search - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY - Súmate)

  2003-02-01

• Súmate asked opponents of the Chávez government to not participate in the December 2005 elections for the Venezuelan congress. (Source: Web Search - SUMATE: You? No! We, Yes! - Venezuelanalysis)

  2005-12-01

Súmate

Súmate (Spanish for "Join Up") is a Venezuelan volunteer civil association founded in 2002 by María Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz. Súmate describes itself as a vote-monitoring group; it has also been described as an election-monitoring group.

Web Search Results

• Súmate - Wikipedia

  Súmate is a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose stated aim is to promote the free exercise of citizen's political rights, and the discussion of matters of public interest. The group's mission is to promote, defend, facilitate, and back the political rights accorded to citizens by the Constitution of Venezuela. Súmate's espoused values are: [...] Súmate (Spanish for "Join Up") is a Venezuelan volunteer civil association founded in 2002 by María Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz. Súmate describes itself as a vote-monitoring group; it has also been described as an election-monitoring group. ## Mission and values [edit] [...] Súmate was founded with an expressed goal of achieving a high level of citizen participation in Venezuelan elections. According to The Washington Post, Machado and Plaz had a hurried encounter in a hotel lobby in 2001, where they shared their concern about the course that was being shaped for Venezuela. Machado said, "Something clicked. I had this unsettling feeling that I could not stay at home and watch the country get polarized and collapse.... We had to keep the electoral process but change

• [PDF] NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY - Súmate

  and that participate in encouraging citizens to check the voter registry and participate in a referendum. V. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND: Formed in January 2002, Súmate is a national association of citizens and professionals dedicated to promoting a peaceful democratic solution to the political crisis in Venezuela. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, in February 2003 Súmate led a national petition drive to collect the signatures to request a national recall referendum for President Chavez. [...] Working in collaboration with other nongovernmental organizations, Súmate collected over 27 million signatures in one day. The effort also served to consolidate Súmate's national network of members and it now counts over 100,000 volunteers throughout the country. Súmate is governed by a board of directors that includes: Alejandro Plaz Castillo and Maria Corina Machado, the president and vice president respectively. The project will be managed by Luis Enrique Palacios, Roberto Abdul-Hadi, [...] state coordinators in each of Venezuela's 24 states, including the federal district. Súmate will train 24 state coordinators in Caracas, who will then return to their states to repeat the training. Representatives from Súmate's, headquarters will travel to each of the states to attend sessions to ensure quality control. Through this process, Súmate will also establish municipal coordinators, for a total of 330 across the country. The workshops will train at least 25,000 people from local

• APB Súmate - Wikipedia

  The Autonomy for Bolivia – Súmate (Spanish: Autonomía Para Bolivia – Súmate, APB Súmate) is a Bolivian national political party founded on 13 December 2024. Its political leader is Manfred Reyes Villa, currently mayor of the city of Cochabamba and founder of the defunct New Republican Force (from which it also inherited its colors). It was founded as a result of the merger of citizen groups Autonomy for Bolivia and Súmate (lit. 'Join Up'), the latter also led by Reyes Villa. ## History [...] In August 2024, Reyes Villa hinted at the possibility of creating a political party ahead of the general election the following year. For this purpose, the de jure acronym "Autonomía para Bolivia" (APB) was used, which was part of the Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence coalition in 2009. Following a request to the Plurinational Electoral Organ (TSE), the name was changed to APB Súmate, also using the acronym "National Democratic Republican Force" (FRND). [...] | Autonomy for Bolivia – Súmate Autonomía Para Bolivia – Súmate | | --- | | Abbreviation | APB Súmate | | Leader | Manfred Reyes Villa | | President | Henry Paredes") | | Founder | Manfred Reyes Villa | | Founded | 9 December 2020 (2020-12-09) (Súmate group) 13 December 2024 (2024-12-13) (APB Súmate party) | | Merger of | Autonomy for Bolivia Súmate | | Preceded by | New Republican Force | | Ideology | Conservatism Regionalism "Regionalism (politics)") | | Political position | Right-wing |

• SUMATE: You? No! We, Yes! - Venezuelanalysis

  Venezuela has an AGO (anti-governmental organization) known internationally, SUMATE. SUMATE pretends to be an electoral watchdog, overseeing Venezuelan elections. But it has also been the self-designated keystone in the effort to oust President Hugo Chávez from the presidency. [...] The word “suma” in Spanish means to add and the word “súmate” is something of an order that you should add. In the practical order, however, it has meant that SUMATE itself does the adding and then informs the public of the results. The problem is that whether SUMATE adds papayas, mangos or bananas, the results are always the same: Chávez must go. [...] Yes, SUMATE is a fascinating and also strange organization supposedly supporting democracy through elections. But during the December 2005 elections for the Venezuelan congress, SUMATE asked those opposed to the Chávez government to not participate in the elections. Instead they were urged to go to church that Sunday morning. Now they are asking those supporting the government to not vote in SUMATE’s primaries and are searching for ways to assure that they can’t. Their next action will probably

• SUMMATE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

  Advertisement Skip to summate Advertisement # summate [suhm-eyt] ## verb (used with object) to add together; total; sum up. ## Word History and Origins Origin of summate1 ## Example Sentences In patients with chronic sinusitis, the situation is slightly more complex, as an interplay of many different factors can summate to produce this disease. [...] Others had thought the task easier of accomplishment by measuring each division or aspect of intelligence separately, and summating the results. In France, Lacassagne has summated the data extending over more than 40 years, and finds that for all crimes June is the maximum month, the minimum being reached in November. [...] And as yet he dared not dart the light-beam into that pit of darkness, for fear of precipitating an unthinkable tragedy--if, indeed, the horror had not already been cons summated. In the course of time all of these retained bitter impressions summate, and the qualities arising from them become more acute, become habitual, and at last you have a ready-made person ``marked for evil.'' Advertisement ## Related Words Advertisement carambola ad carousel Advertisement Advertisement ####

• Country

  Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Located In

  Kasai-Oriental

• Instance Of

  Q355304

• Coordinates

  Lat: 1.431944444, Lon: 29.737777777