Democracy

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What is the Republican Party today? Any answer has to start with Donald Trump, who has a grip on the Republican Party that is perhaps unprecedented in the modern era.

Peru’s unelected president, Dina Boluarte, remains in office despite abysmal approval ratings and calls for elections. Authoritarianism and repression are all the government has left.

With migration now a central, unavoidable issue in the presidential election campaign, will Biden finally listen to his Democratic allies, and the region, and reverse Trump’s sanctions?

The US and other countries continue to push for an intervention force to Haiti, even as some CARICOM members call for Haiti’s de facto PM to step aside.

Haiti’s de facto prime minister Ariel Henry is vowing to stay in office despite mass protests the day that a democratic transition should have occurred. Henry’s government has not scheduled new elections.

The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández, once the seemingly untouchable and authoritarian president of Honduras, is officially set to begin on February 12. The US government supported Hernández from the beginning of his first presidential term and backed him even as evidence of his criminal involvement grew.

What would happen if anyone other than Trump were to win the Republican primary? Would Trump accept the result, or would we see a repeat of “stop the steal?”

Companies must respond and take action when violations are called to their attention.

Those who care about democracy in Brazil will have to keep a watchful eye on what the United States government is doing in the months and years ahead.