The threat of transient authoritarianism
Politics does not respond to established patterns, but to the inputs and outputs of national contexts. So, although populism may weaken institutionality, it will not prevail over democracy.
Cuba: Voting under dictatorship
In a dictatorship, elections serve as an ornament for the formal validation of the authoritarian government.
Cuba: the women prisoners of the dictatorship
Cuban women demand human, civil, and political rights, all kinds of freedom, as well as the end of the absolute governance of the Communist Party of Cuba.
A new electoral simulation in Cuba
The election will be regulated by the 1992 Electoral Law, which allows for emulating elections in a regime where all major political decisions are made by the Communist Party elite.
Daniel Ortega’s pressure cooker
Today there is no dissent allowed in Nicaragua. For how long this situation can be maintained?
What we know and what we ignore about democracy
If we take into account Polybius we would know that democracy is not necessarily displaced by autocracy, it is usually transformed into demagogy.
Ortega: Electoral Observation and the Spoils of Democracy
The suppression of qualified electoral observation is a consequence of Nicaragua’s democratic decline. The observation missions were among the actors who warned about the progressive evolution of Ortega’s offensive.
Ortega’s fear of nuns and a prescient WikiLeaks cable
The government has cancelled more than 950 NGOs, medical and educational associations, social works of the Catholic Church, and social and community development projects that support active citizenship, with the aim of installing a totalitarian regime.
Bukele and his Next Constitutional Assault
Electo en una democracia en dificultades, en menos de dos años ha logrado subyugar a los otros dos poderes del Estado. Este año, Bukele se prepara para constitucionalizar la deriva autoritaria de su gobierno cuando en septiembre revele su proyecto de reforma constitucional.
Dictatorships Never Lose
Reviewing Venezuela’s future, some possible ways out of the political instability and the dramatic social and humanitarian situation is not an easy task in light of an avalanche of decisions taken by Maduro’s regime. However, we must not lose sight of the fact that each of its decisions are aimed at maintaining this process.