May 20, 2024

How the Pandemic Is Accelerating Democracy’s Decade-Long Decline in the Americas

Courtesy of Fernando Pinilla

COVID has both facilitated and accentuated authoritarian tendencies in the Americas. Many governments in the region withheld or distorted crucial information, imposed excessive or abusive lockdown rules, or used COVID-19 as a cover to consolidate power and suppress dissent. By Gerardo Berthin. Full Text -> AmericasQuarterly

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