If Dominican political actors do not engage in a serious discussion to modernize its electoral process, protests and electoral boycotts represent possible ...
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Dominica Votes Amid Fears of Democratic Backsliding
Scott B. MacDonald and Alejandro Trenchi | 
U.S. Backs Probe of OAS Head
Last Saturday, the U.S. backed calls for an external probe into a potentially intimate relationship involving OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and a ...
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The Top Ten LGBTQ Stories of 2021 from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Brazilians learned they have a gay governor; LGBTQ acceptance is expanding in some countries; and Chile adopted full marriage equality.
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Ortega seizes another term following rigged elections in Nicaragua
On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, won reelection following a year of political prosecutions, ...
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What to expect from the Nicaraguan elections
Ryan C. Berg and Robert Carlson | 
To be clear, November 7 is a complete farce. Rather than anything resembling a democratic election, the events of that day will approximate a coronation ...
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To participate or not to participate: The Venezuelan opposition’s Hamlet moment
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Once again Venezuela’s democratic opposition finds itself in an electoral dilemma. This time, though, it’s not (entirely) of their own doing. The moral ...
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Will the release of the Pandora Papers lead to any change?
Bruce Zagaris | 
The Pandora Papers illustrate the evils of financial secrecy, transnational corruption, and money laundering, as well as the ability of politicians, ...
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America is Back? The reframing of democracy promotion in Latin America
María Isabel Puerta Riera | 
The failures in exporting American democracy call for the reframing of democracy promotion as a strategy. If the Biden administration develops a combined ...
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If sanctions failed to solve Nicaragua’s crisis, will more sanctions succeed?
Tiziano Breda | 
Hopes for a peaceful, diplomatic outcome may seem slender. But confidence that tougher sanctions will do the job on their own may be even more misplaced.
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