Tag: democracy

• Saturday, March 18th 2023 - 09:22 UTC

  Ibero-American leaders create group to favor freedom and democracy

  

  A group of current and former Latin American Presidents plus two former Spanish Prime Ministers Friday announced in Santiago, Chile, the creation of the so-called Liberty and Democracy Group, which should become “a space for reflection, coordination, dialogue, and action to strengthen freedom and democracy” in the region.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Uruguayan President highlights differences between his country and Argentina

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday described what in his opinion were the 4 political differences between his country and Argentina during a symposium hosted by Buenos Aires' daily Clarín called Democracy and Development.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Latin America in a “pre-explosive” situation, democracy is not delivering, Latin Barometer

  

  Latin America is going through a critical “pre-explosive” moment with traditional democracy in decadence, “one out of two Latin Americans want someone to solve their problems, even ignoring the law”

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 23:49 UTC

  Uruguay is the only full democracy in South America, The Economist says

  

  The Economist published on Thursday its Democracy Index for 2021, in which Uruguay was ranked 13th, within the spectrum of “full democracies”, being above the 8 points awarded by the ranking.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Peru highlights OAS' role defending democracy in the region

  

  Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Wednesday signed bilateral agreements at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Backsliding democracies challenged as world becomes more authoritarian, IDEA report

  

  The world is becoming more authoritarian as autocratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression. Many democratic governments are backsliding and are adopting authoritarian tactics by restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, a trend exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Brazilian Justice calls on citizens to defend besieged democracy and freedom

  

  The Brazilian president of the Electoral Superior Tribunal, (TSE), Luis Roberto Barroso said that populism, extremism and authoritarianism have democracy under attack in the world, and it is essential the participation of the whole population to preserve the essence of freedom.

• Wednesday, March 17th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  UK's overhaul of foreign and defense policy: Democracy is in retreat around the world, Minister Raab

  

  Democracy is in retreat around the world, British foreign minister Dominic Raab will warn on Wednesday in a speech setting out the danger that autocratic regimes pose to global stability and prosperity.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Uruguay, one the very few “full democracies” in the world, The Economist

  

  Uruguay leads as one of four full democracies in the Americas, according to the Democracy Index 2020, published by The Economist. Uruguay scored 8,61 points out of a possible 10 and ranked fifteenth at world level, while the other “full” democracies in the region are Costa Rica, 8,16; Chile, 8,28 and Canada with 9,24 points.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Millennials more disillusioned with democracy than previous generations, Cambridge study

  

  Young people are less satisfied with democracy and more disillusioned than at any other time in the past century, especially in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, a study by the University of Cambridge has found.