DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Costa Rica at the polls: voting or gambling?

Apathy and fragmentation yield unexpected results

CENTRAL AMERICA

Hungary’s election a grim day for civil society

Viktor Orbán’s latest win signals a further assault on rights

South Korean election: women’s rights the biggest loser

Presidential race winner profits from anti-feminist backlash

Myanmar: junta’s economic power in the firing line

Businesses that prop up military rule under pressure to withdraw

Belarus: ceremonial referendum confirms Putin’s power

Constitutional changes open the door to Russia’s nuclear missiles

Canada: trucker protests set off alarms

No country is immune to the far-right challenge

Coup contagion spreads to Burkina Faso

Failure of governments to deliver is enabling military rule

Portugal: continuity comes as a surprise

Lurking threat of right-wing populism needs to be addressed

Honduras: the end of a cycle?

Twelve years on from a military coup, first female president is inaugurated

CENTRAL AMERICA

Mali: military has no plan to cede power

Stand-off with the international community threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis