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Published in: democraciaAbierta“The situation of human rights defenders in Colombia is unsustainable”: UN
The tension with the UN following its latest report confirms the trivialization of the crisis of social leaders by...
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Published in: Home: InvestigationSign up to our coronavirus DemocracyWatch newsletter
Regimes around the world are rushing through anti-democratic measures. Sign up to our newsletter to follow the crackdown.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCoronavirus, risk society and the return of the State
The new coronavirus crisis is turning everything upside down.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHomicides in Venezuela let's go over the figures again
On 22 January, an official press conference was held without detailed data and reports on crime statistics in the...
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Published in: 50.50Who's happy about coronavirus?
Our rights and democracies are under threat. But how this crisis reshapes our world depends on us.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationEcuador and Costa Rica promise to probe US-backed ‘crisis pregnancy centres’
Health authorities say they'll open formal investigations following openDemocracy's reporting – though it’s unclear...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChile: The virus is also the model
With privatized health care and a right-wing government, Chile is struggling with the coronavirus epidemic. The...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?
The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow is Ecuador facing up to COVID-19?
The government wants to prevent mass gatherings of people, but this is made difficult because the informal economy...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systems
It’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCuba in the time of the coronavirus
Cuba’s health system is getting ready for the COVID-19 crisis. In China, coronavirus patients are being treated with...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBukele calls on God and the military to bend Congress to his will in El Salvador
An interview with Rubén Zamora, the Salvadoran politician and diplomat, who talks about the recent authoritarian...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationAn era of extremes seems to have started in Latin America
Protests in Haiti, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia or Bolivia express not only a crisis of political legitimacy of the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe must stand up to protect Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from this huge dam
The construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon threatens to destroy unique cultures, making...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionToday's Brazil is worse than Marielle Franco's. But its future belongs to the Marielles
Today's Brazil is not the same as the one the murdered young councilwoman knew and fought for. But the seed planted...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationImagining a way out in Venezuela
Venezuela’s political showdown appears deadlocked. President Nicolás Maduro remains firmly in place over a year...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGulfs between government offers and citizens' demands in Chile
Piñera's government and its promises in the face of social mobilization. Sebastian Pinera is failing to match the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe 'de-aging' of the world
The powers that have produced the aging of the world and turned it into the industry that ensures their perpetuation...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMilitary temptation and institutional instability in Latin America
Latin America’s turbulence shows the limits of democratic institutions to deal with political conflict and, as seen...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionClimate activism for the new decade
The fight against global warming has entered a new phase. What strategies will help us halt catastrophe?