by Ava Herzog | Feb 12, 2026 | Boston University
The European Union recently froze 10 billion euros in payments to Hungary, over concern that the Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, had failed to carry out promised judicial reforms. In 2022, the Commission suspended the funds due to corruption and threats to judicial...
by Noah Torok | Dec 18, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
On August 13 2025, recently impeached Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signed bill No. 366 of 2023 into law, which provided amnesty to those who committed crimes against humanity during the country’s internal conflict between 1980 and 2000. Throughout the conflict,...
by Ian Gushurst | Dec 16, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
Figure 1 Ui-martin September, 2025 With the murder of over 50 protestors in three years, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has demonstrated her willingness to suppress opposition. Her actions in Peru align with a long history of corrupt and anti-democratic rulers since...
by Yusra Konain | Dec 12, 2025 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
When Tunisia’s citizens overthrew their dictator in 2011, the world hailed Tunisia’s emergence from this uprising as the only country to become a true democracy. For several years, Tunisia served as solid evidence that democracy was a realistic outcome of...
by Lucinda Posner | Dec 10, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
On July 31st, 2025, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly passed a new constitutional amendment 57 to three votes to allow the current president, Nayib Bukele, to run for a third term. The amendment also takes away an old provision that citizens lose their citizenship...
