AMERICAS

‘Each failed attempt at democratic transition reinforces the power of the authoritarian government’

‘With the new financial law the Ortega-Murillo regime consolidates its absolute control’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘They’re trying to restrict us because our criticisms of rights violations make those in power uncomfortable’

‘The far right is still marginal; there’s a majority commitment to democracy’

Colombia’s historic child marriage ban

Renewed hopes for global progress on SDG5 with only six years to go

‘My father was arbitrarily arrested and convicted for denouncing government corruption’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘Even though Trump was democratically elected, he poses a significant threat to democracy’

‘Quilombola communities live in fear because the laws that are supposed to protect them are ignored’

‘Land grabbers benefit from an extraordinarily slow and complicit justice system’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘We are shifting from gang violence to state violence’

CENTRAL AMERICA