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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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Demonstrators with Venezuelan flags rode in motercycle convoys to rally behind opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado. They want her return, free elections and the release of all political prisoners.
Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez promised to hold elections and institute political reform in her address to the UN. She did fail to provide a clear timeline however, saying that the people will decide the "right moment".
In just over a week Brazil will hold elections, and President Lula has warned of foreign interference, taking a swipe at US President Trump. “We will not allow the enemies of democracy, whether domestic or foreign, to undermine popular will", Lula said.
At least 8 political prisoners have died in Nicaruaga since 2018, with the fate 29 others currently unknown, UN experts say. The widespread use of enforced disappearance, with or without deadly outcome, is a tool to crush dissent.
A public squabble between two Supreme Court judges that was livestreamed this week is shaking up Brazil's October 4 elections, with the two candidates - incumbent leftist Lula and right-wing Bolsonaro - roughly tied in pre-election polling.
Venezuelan interim president Rodríguez has met human rights representatives in a move away from the country's repressive past. The meeting comes as UN investigators insist that repressive measures remain in place.
Venezuela unblocks some news websites censored for years Venezuelan President Rodríguez has lifted a block on news websites long under restriction in a step welcomed by the opposition. But opposition leader Figuera described the move as only a first step.
Abuses of power, creeping authoritarianism and a worsening rights situation: the state of democracy in Nicaragua is steadily worsening, the UN rights chief decries. "There is almost nothing left to shut down," Volker Turk says.
Mexico is a dangerous country for journalists. Violent criminal cartels are a serious threat, but not the only one. Politicians right up to the very top are also listing journalists seen as awkward. And judicial harassment is a new tool being employed to silence reporters.
TikTok is already under pressure in several countries over its handling of minors’ data. Now the platform is also facing action in Latin America’s largest country.
Brazil's election campaign kicked off with rallies last weekend. Lula, seeking his fourth term, immediately faced a legal challenge over promoting himself by means of a carnival parade in Rio. He faces a challenge from Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president.
The growing use of surveillance technologies in Argentina by President Milei was denounced by Amnesty International. They say this is "stifling dissent".
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.
