IN FOCUS

Panama’s elections: has impunity prevailed?

Stand-in candidate for convicted former president wins, but without majority support

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘This election is about whether South Africans still believe in democracy’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘The foreign agents law poses a threat to the vibrancy and autonomy of civil society’

‘Our aggressive tactics helped amplify the demands of the broader climate movement’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Anti-Muslim hate speech sustains polarisation that benefits the ruling party’

‘The election’s outcome wasn’t determined by expectations but rather by disillusionment’

Solomon Islands: a change more in style than substance

New government faces test of improving relations with civil society and media

‘The election results will have a direct impact on foreign policy’

‘We live in a hostile country for women and their reproductive freedoms’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘Double standards erode the principles of international humanitarian law and undermine its credibility’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE