Autocrats love a crisis. They’re using the coronavirus pandemic to tighten their grip

What also unites these regimes is a track record of using crises to accelerate the erosion of institutional checks on their power. With a global pandemic now raging, all three are signaling that they plan to exploit the current emergency. A number of other countries are poised to do so as well — most alarmingly. By Michael Abramowitz and Arch Puddington. Ful text -> Los Angeles Times

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