State-run newspaper invites comments on electoral reform, launching lively Cuban democracy debate
South America articles on Democracy Chronicles
News about the struggle for better democracy across North and South America (not including the United States) in this highly diverse and quickly changing region. Also see our World Democracy section or our articles on Central America or on giants Brazil and Mexico.
Measuring Wayne Gretzky’s Political Influence in Canada
In hockey obsessed nation, legendary Wayne Gretzky’s political influence seen in endorsement drama
On Immigration Burdens: A Return to the Wind
Earlier this month, I mailed an original painting and art/activism manifesto for two of my friends that became forever lost in transit through USPS. Thus, I made an online archive of the lost package.
PHOTOS: Pablos Iglesias Talks With Amy Goodman
People packed the house to see Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman and Pablo Iglesias, the General Secretary of the Spanish grassroots organization Podemos Party
Ecuador Censorship Police Summon Famous Cartoonist
Popular political cartoonist Xavier “Bonil” Bonilla once again fighting Ecuador censorship police
The Boys Behind the Ayotzinapa Symbol
I went to DC when Peña Nieto was here and it seemed quite the farce. What have we come to when our government condones the actions of a corrupt regime?
Expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
An expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and refinement of enforcement priorities could shrink the pool of those subject to deportation
Dear Pope Francis: Help the DREAMers
Dear Pope Francis, last year I wrote you. I repeat another letter this year, with the hope that you will answer me, not me necessarily, but all DREAMers
Big Agriculture Lobbying Seeks Cuba Market Access
Revived farm state and agriculture industry lobbying seeks Cuba market in political reemergence
South American Democracy Progress in 2014 Ranking
Austrian academics 2014 analysis finds South American democracy progress among year’s successes