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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has been excluded from US-backed talks in Venezuela on the country's future. Certain opposition figures will be at a meeting in Caracas, but not Machado or her ally Edmundo González Urrutia, who is widely thought to have won the 2024 poll.
Lula goes into Brazil's presidential election campaign polling ahead of his main challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of the former right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro. At the age of 80, this is likely to be Lula's last election. He is seeking his fourth term.
A digital version of Brazil’s imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro appeared to endorse his son’s campaign—without clear consent. Now, Brazil’s top courts are weighing whether the AI-generated message crossed electoral lines and could put the candidacy at risk.
Congress in El Salvador has abolished a 60-year maximum prison term, and the courts have begun imposing huge sentences. They come as President Bukele cracks down on gangs involved in drug-trafficking and money-laundering. He has the backing of US President Donald Trump.
Keiko Fujimori takes Peru’s presidency after a razor-thin win, promising a tougher fight against crime. But her ascent revives the shadow of her father’s authoritarian legacy—and faces opposition anger over deadly protests. Peru’s conservative turn is underway.
Flávio Bolsonaro, son of jailed former president Jair, has secured their party's nomination for the October presidential elections. He needs to find a running mate, and his popular step-mother's support appears in doubt. But Argentina's Milei was there to back him.
A US judge has set a date in 2027 for the trial of former Venzuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife. A lawyer aims to challenge the legality of the US military operation which saw him captured.
President Daniel Ortega has already been accused of rigging recent elections in Nicaragua. Now, the authoritarian leader says the nation will not even hold a vote. Strong criticism of this came from the United Nations.
Cuban dissident Otero Alcántara spent five years in prison; his whereabouts had recently been unknown. He has now been given a jubilant welcome in Miami after only being permitted to leave Cuba to go into exile.
He served every day of his five-year sentence for nothing more than art and protest — and still isn't free. Cuba is silent. Rights groups are alarmed. What is really happening to one of the island's most prominent dissidents?
No warning, no explanation — just gone. Nearly 2,000 Nicaraguan lawyers found their licences erased from the Supreme Court's registry overnight. UN experts are calling it a purge. And it may be just the latest step in dismantling what's left of judicial independence.
A jailed father, a son running for president — and a court now keeping them apart. Brazil's Bolsonaro saga grows messier by the week: family feuds, fraud scandals, and a handwritten letter that crossed one line too many.
Nicaraguan journalists living in exile face "transnational repression" and "grave threats" by their government, with their relatives in the country subject to harassment, a press freedom organisation warns. Exile is no longer a safe refuge.
The presidential transition in Colombia, known as "empalme" is not going smoothly as president-electi de la Espriella suspends it over allegations of electoral fraud made by outgoing President Petro.
