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Jimmy Carter sought to expand democracy worldwide long after he left the White House

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Jimmy Carter sought to expand democracy worldwide long after he left the White House .

Carter hosted then- Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at White House soon after his country achieved independence.

Carter Center has been Carter 's signature effort to promote fair elections as a vehicle for peace.

It has sent observers to monitor some 125 elections in 40 countries and three tribal nations.

In Nigeria , Tunisia , Zambia and Ivory Coast , Carter Center observers noted violence, killings, vote-buying.

In Tunisia , frustration replaced the wave of hope brought by the 2010 Arab Spring uprising.

In recent years , the Carter Center’s elections work turned toward the U.S ..