Venezuela’s new stranglehold on civil society
Venezuela’s democratic opposition is pinning its hopes on the 2024 presidential election, a return to a strategy that has mostly failed over the past 25 years, Bloomberg reports. Even if… Read more »
Category: Latin America/Caribbean
Latin America’s strongest democracy offers many lessons
The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked it the 13th strongest democracy in the world, ahead of the United Kingdom (#18), Spain (#24) and the United States (#26), and well ahead of… Read more »
Brazil’s democratic resilience frustrates ‘authoritarian learning’
Brazil’s democratic institutions demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of Sunday’s assault on government buildings in the capital, Brasilia, said a U.S. government spokesperson. “We have seen remarkable resilience from… Read more »
Peru crisis threatens to widen Latin America’s rifts
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 »
How Brazil’s democracy ‘stepped back from the cliff’
Leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, won Brazil’s presidential runoff yesterday, defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by less than two percentage points, Reuters reports (HT:… Read more »
‘Democracy itself at stake’ in Brazil’s election
Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a presidential runoff between current President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula,… Read more »
Cuba protests ‘are a movement, not just a moment’
Following a new wave of island-wide protests in Cuba over the past several days, there are worrying indicators that the authorities are repeating the repressive tactics they used for decades and also… Read more »
Bolsonaro survives, but will Brazil’s democracy?
“The odds look substantially bleaker for Brazilian democracy right now than they did 24 hours ago,” one expert said after left-wing former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took 48.4… Read more »
Latin America’s democracies ‘shaken’ ahead of key polls
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 »
Opposition strategies for resisting backsliding
Public comments this week from two of Latin America’s most prominent left-wing politicians suggest changes are afoot in how they plan to approach the Venezuelan government’s democratic backsliding—the core issue… Read more »