After the death of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez in 2013, Nicholás Maduro became the country’s president. While Maduro has been in power, the citizens of Venezuela have been enduring years …
Early Signs of Democratic Backsliding in Relation to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Caleb Cloud Democratic backsliding is best understood as the opposite of democratization or the loss of democratic institutions. This is happening today in countries one would not expect. This can …
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Stealth Authoritarianism for Georgia Voters
By Humayra Bramblett When defining democracy, the right to vote can be considered one of its key features. Yet in the past decade, the right to vote has become a privilege rather than an inherent …
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Chileans Have Lived Under the Shadow of a Dictator for 40 Years
Now they are changing that by rewriting their constitution In 1973, a military junta lead by General Augusto Pinochet took power in Chile by military force. After 7 years of rule, in 1980, Pinochet …
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Is Populism Thriving during the Pandemic?
Muntaha Syedah Qadri For the past year and a half, the pandemic caused chaos to occur. The pandemic invoked a serious level of stress on everyone around the world. It has caused the good and bad to …
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Viktor Orbán’s Consolidation of Power in Hungary
Hungary joined the EU in 2004, but only six years later, Viktor Orbán came into power, and Hungary’s democratic institutions began to unravel. Hungary has not enjoyed as long a history of democracy as …
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