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Experts warn president’s attacks on US civil society – or organizations that hold the government to account – threaten democracy

I’m far from certain that staying engaged will make a difference. What I do know is that if we all tune out, there’s no hope at all

Former DoJ prosecutors say Trump will pack government agencies with sympathizers in effort to ‘secure his autocratic power’

Former President Donald Trump is trying to turn criminal charges against him to his political advantage

The Peruvian city of Cusco is normally a bustling mecca for international tourists

LIMA, Peru — A right-wing populist president who led Peru during the 1990s is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses. Three of his four immediate successors faced bribery charges — one killing himself with a gunshot to his head when police descended on his home to arrest…

But hopes leftwing former president will defeat Jair Bolsonaro tempered by fear a runoff contest could mean weeks of turmoil and violence

Brazil’s far-right president claims that leftwing rival Lula will repress clergy like Ortega but so far with little apparent success

Trump’s efforts to subvert the elections laid bare the system’s weaknesses, exposing it to greater exploitation