Thousands protest against Bukele in El Salvador as grievances mount https://t.co/brECF02iAe — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 18, 2021 Thousands of people in El Salvador took to the streets on Sunday… Read more »
Argentina’s not ready for Javier Milei’s ‘very radical, untested economic ideas’, says Dr Christopher Sabatini, the Senior Research Fellow for Latin America at the foreign affairs think tank, Chatham House…. Read more »
In the latest edition of Latinobarómetro, respondents were asked to rate their approval of 17 named leaders on a scale of one to ten. In 15 of the 17 countries… Read more »
Colombian President Gustavo Petro will likely pave the way for a far-right administration in the same way that Iván Duque paved the way for Petro’s own rise to power, says… Read more »
The political leaders of Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and other left-led countries in Latin America are defending Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo, ousted Dec. 7 after he announced on national… Read more »
An assassination attempt in Argentina and spurts of election-linked violence in Brazil have emerged as the latest signs of growing political discontent in Latin America, creating a treacherous environment for… Read more »
Corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide, with 86 per cent of countries making little to no progress in the last 10 years, according to the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index… Read more »
….. are identified and analyzed in the most-read essays from the Journal of Democracy, reminding us that 2021 was what JOD calls a year marked by high political drama, economic… Read more »
Canada will make support for democracy and human rights a foreign policy priority, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Support for democracy and human rights should be “a core priority in Canada’s… Read more »
Salvadoran police raids on several civil society groups and raids are the latest example of President Nayib Bukele’s assault on democratic norms and institutions, critics say, with the charismatic young… Read more »