Cuba throws its repressive playbook at activist
In the wake of the Covid pandemic, journalism has thrived in certain countries as people seek out factual information, and investigative reporting has persisted in several of the most… Read more »
Category: Latin America/Caribbean
Nicaragua a ‘sobering illustration’ of political and moral bankruptcy
Faced with a political crisis and a falling economy, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is preparing a package of laws that could jail publishers of “fake news” and force foreign-funded groups to… Read more »
U.N. implicates Venezuelan leaders in crimes against humanity
United Nations investigators on Wednesday implicated President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and other high ranking officials in systematic human rights abuses amounting to crimes against humanity — including killings, torture… Read more »
Latin America’s Covid-driven populism: Democracy at risk or resilient?
Populist leaders often use moments of crisis to advance authoritarian agendas, according to Arminio Fraga and Guillermo Ortiz, respectively former president of Brazil’s central bank and former governor of Mexico’s central… Read more »
Explaining the rise of modern populism
Takis S. Pappas, a contributor to the @NEDemocracy‘s @JoDemocracy on the rise of modern populism https://t.co/e94BvKAw76 via @TEDTalks — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 21, 2020 BRAZIL AND MEXICO: POPULIST… Read more »
Latin America facing a ‘decline of democracy’ under Covid pandemic
Postponed elections. Sidelined courts. A persecuted opposition. As the coronavirus pandemic tears through Latin America and the Caribbean, killing more than 180,000 and destroying the livelihoods of tens of millions… Read more »
‘Multitasking’ Maduro tightens hold on Venezuela as coronavirus surges
The Venezuelan opposition hoped that 2020 could bring new momentum after several failed pushes to overthrow Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Then came the coronavirus. Analysts say the pandemic has helped suck… Read more »
Cubazuela ‘adversaries’ decapitate opposition
The U.S. Department of Energy has determined that Cuba and Venezuela are “foreign adversaries” that might target the U.S. electrical grid, The Miami Herald reports: The executive order aims… Read more »
Disinformation poses ‘existential threat’ to democracy
Disinformation and democracy https://t.co/6nyHdtOwCq — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) June 30, 2020 Online disinformation poses an “existential threat” to democracy, according to a cross-party group of peers from the UK’s… Read more »
Two pandemics sweeping the planet: democracy ‘already on ventilators’
Two pandemics are sweeping the planet, and so far nobody has found a cure for either. There’s Covid-19 and there’s a global democracy blight causing political life in many… Read more »