DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

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

Chile at the crossroads between past and future

Student leader turned president carries expectations of change

Democracy in Sudan: back to square one?

Growing anti-coup movement urgently needs international support

Tunisia: a dangerous slide away from democracy

When a president starts acting like a dictator, it’s time to call him that

NORTHERN AFRICA