Tag: democracy

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 11:57 UTC

  Bolivian president calls to defend democracy; opposition urges “permanent mobilization in the streets”

  

  Bolivia's opposition launched a general strike on Wednesday amid protests and disturbances over disputed election results that pointed to another term for President Evo Morales, who likened the unrest to a right-wing coup.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  A majority of Argentine public is dissatisfied with the state of their democracy, Pew Research

  

  Argentines are headed to the polls for their general election on Sunday Oct. 27. They will cast their votes against a backdrop of wide discontent with the way things are going in the country and little faith in their elected officials and public institutions, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Twenty countries sign an agreement to stop spread of fake news

  

  Twenty countries, including France, Britain, and India, signed an agreement at the UN on Thursday that aims to stop the spread of fake news online. The signatories, which also included South Africa and Canada, committed to promoting “independently reported, diverse and reliable” information on the internet, under an accord initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a press freedom watchdog.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 07:44 UTC

  Cubans complain about Internet service, too expensive, too slow and censorship

  

  Six months on from the euphoria that greeted full internet access for mobile phones on the communist-run island, frustrated Cubans complain it is too expensive, too slow and crippled by government censorship.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Maduro's police arrest the Venezuelan Parliament vice president after the failed military uprising

  

  The intelligence of Nicolás Maduro's regime detained Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, on Wednesday, after having supported the military uprising on April 30 against the authoritarian mandatory in the framework of the final phase of Operation Freedom, led by Parliament’s president, Juan Guaidó.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 05:00 UTC

  The military revolt against Maduro fizzling out; Guaido calls for a major protest rally on Wednesday

  

  Demonstrators clashed violently with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital on Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 03:09 UTC

  US claims Russia dissuaded Maduro from fleeing to Cuba, following a plot by several top officials

  

  The United States claimed on Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was on his way out, saying he had a plane ready and that senior officials were plotting to oust him, even as the leftist firebrand appeared to survive a military uprising.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  US Envoy sees a role for Chavismo in a Democratic Venezuela

  

  Supporters of the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, should have a place at the table in a democratic Venezuela, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said at the Atlantic Council in Washington this week.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Governments' hatred endangers press freedom: the Americas the worst, Reporters without borders

  

  The global press freedom is regressing with more and more countries putting journalists at risk and authoritarian regimes tightening their grip on the media, according to a report released by media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Transparency International blasts Brazilian Justice for violating freedom of expression

  

  A decision by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) to demand the suppression of a media report concerning one of the court’s sitting judges violates the freedom of the press, warns Transparency International Brazil. The demand to remove the report from the internet is unacceptable, risks the international image of Brazil and goes against fundamental principles of the democratic rule of law.