by Anna Thorner | Jan 6, 2024 | Sabanci University
Almost every country uses digital surveillance to some extent, whether it is for crime prevention and security, healthcare, or identity verification. But in some countries that have regimes with authoritarian tendencies, the line between surveillance for legitimate...
by Jake Gustin | Nov 27, 2022 | Boston University
A once successful democracy, Venezuela has experienced a sudden economic downturn due in part to the price of oil dropping worldwide, causing a shift at all levels of the country’s government and in turn leading to a seemingly unstoppable case of democratic...
by Jack Ortolano | Oct 14, 2021 | University of Georgia
The 20th century has shown us that there are many reasons for democracies to experience backsliding. Many of the reasons for backsliding are preventable, yet they still happen. The results of democratic backsliding range from a stronger democracy to authoritarianism....
by Antonietta Paolino | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University
Venezuela has been going through a twenty year long political and economic rough patch. Beginning with Hugo Chavez in 1998 and now with Nicolas Maduro, almost five million people have had to leave the country in hopes of a better future, my family and I being part of...
by Rachel Dinh Lopez | May 7, 2019 | Sacramento State University
Long before the rule of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, the democracy that began with President Betancourt began to erode. During this time the country enjoyed the rewards of an economically booming and nationalizing oil market. However, with Venezuela’s...
