Portugal’s democracy turns 50: big crowd commemorates Carnation Revolution
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Tens of thousands of people marched through Lisbon on Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy. Support for the far right has revived in Portugal in recent years but a large crowd took to the streets of […]
Portugal celebrates democracy anniversary amid far-right surge
Santarem, Portugal Reuters Veteran military officer Captain Joaquim Correia Bernardo, 84, remembers the revolution that toppled Portugal’s fascist dictatorship five decades ago as if it were yesterday. He was in his thirties when he helped organise the 25th April, 1974, military coup that returned Portugal to democracy after 48 years of authoritarian rule. Colonel Correia […]
Essay: With democracy under threat in Narendra Modi’s India, how free and fair will this year’s election be?
PRIYA CHACKO, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at concerns ahead of this year’s general election in India…
Essay: El Salvador voters set to trade democracy for promise of security in presidential election
In an article first published on The Conversation, MNEESHA GELLMA says there is little doubt over the result of this weekend’s election…
Essay: America’s lack of faith in our collective power is a bigger problem than Trump
ANDRE HENRY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says Americans’ loss of a democratic imagination is bigger than a loss in the ballot box…
Essay: More than four billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?
NICHOLAS REESE, principal fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne School of Government, provides – in an article first published on The Conversation, a rundown of just some of the significant elections that will shape the world in 2024…
Democracy under threat around the world -intergovernmental watchdog
Stockholm, SwedenReuters Half of the world’s countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Thursday. In its annual report, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance said 2022 was the sixth consecutive year in which countries with […]
Democrats mock Biden impeachment, but it could affect re-election bid
Washington DC, US Reuters Asked about Republicans launching an impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden in Congress, Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman clutched his head in mock horror and declared “Oh my God, really?” before bursting into laughter. “Ooooh, don’t do it,” Fetterman said mockingly on Tuesday, as he walked off. US President Joe […]
Essay: A religious calling to protect democracy
CHRIS CRAWFORD, a policy advocate at US-based Protect Democracy, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service that while most religious doctrines do not require an embrace of democracy, in today’s world, authoritarians are attempting to do the opposite…
Myanmar junta leader urges foreign powers to back its return to democracy
Reuters Myanmar’s military ruler on Monday urged his foreign critics to get behind his junta’s planned return to democracy, instead of siding with a resistance movement he called “terrorists” bent on destroying the country. Addressing an annual armed forces day parade, Min Aung Hlaing, whose February, 2021, coup plunged Myanmar into chaos, said international condemnation […]