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Mexico protests: fears for democracy prompt mass demonstrations

Electoral reforms proposed by the Mexican government have sparked huge protests across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities in opposition to legislation passed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The reform will slash funding to the…

The Conversation

Review: Are Memes Upending Democracy?

In Meme Wars, so-called "disinformation" experts call for the suppression of more ideas and speakers to protect democracy.

Reason

Mexico polls a lesson for the rest of the world

Where might we find a way to restore trust in our democracy?

Bangkok Post

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Former SNP chief whip calls for social democracy to be focus of leadership race

A FORMER SNP chief whip has urged leadership candidates to set out their stall on social democracy and make clear how their policies will enhance…

The National (Scotland)

China’s Election Meddling: Canadians Deserve a Serious Response

The last thing the country needs is a half-hearted approach to protecting our democracy

The Walrus

Cambodian opposition leader set for treason trial verdict

Cambodia’s beleaguered pro-democracy forces face another day of reckoning, as the country’s most prominent opposition politician not in exile is scheduled to hear the verdict in his trial for treason

The Independent UK

Crime and No Punishment

How impunity fosters instability.

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'What is a democracy sausage?': SBS foodie stars in Canberra for Great Australian Bites

Their new show will screen on SBS later this year

The Canberra Times

Republicans' pro-Putin plan: racism

The GOP's "welfare queen" attack on Zelenskyy makes clear a much larger dynamic at play in Ukraine war

Salon

Nigeria's ruling party candidate Tinubu wins presidential election

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu won Nigeria's highly disputed weekend election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday, securing the former Lagos governor the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy.

France 24

Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

Al Jazeera

Mexican president: Mexico has more democracy than US

Mexico's president says his country is more democratic than the United States

The Independent UK

Could Joe Biden be the most consequential American president of our times?

Speculation over US President Joe Biden’s intention to run for office again is reaching fever pitch. Biden is, reportedly, on the verge of announcing he will indeed seek reelection. Opinion pieces are being churned out at a rapid clip. Polls are being commissioned with a feverish intensity.

The Conversation

Mexican president disparages pro-democracy demonstrators

Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at demonstrators who protested cuts to election funding over the weekend, belittling their concerns about threats to democracy and dashing any hopes that he would try to ease rising political tensions

The Independent UK

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Caixin Global

Editorial: How to Be Problem-Oriented in Institutional Reform

Reforms of governmental institutions should take into account of current economic challenges, such as shrinking demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations, and be driven by efficiency concerns and common values, including peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom

WEKU

Tens of thousands protest Mexico's electoral law changes

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's electoral law changes they say threaten democracy.

Los Angeles Times

Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy

MEXICO CITY — Juan Manuel Martinez remembers the days when he would vote in Mexico’s elections with no confidence that they were being run fairly.

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands protest Mexico electoral reforms

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza to protest electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy

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Reuters

Mexicans turn out in droves to protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at risk

Huge crowds gathered in Mexico on Sunday to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protest so far against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration.

The Guardian - UK

Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail

The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world

Reuters

Democracy means judicial autonomy, German envoy says on Israel overhaul

Germany believes an independent justice system is a tenet of democracy and is closely watching the Israeli dispute over a government plan for judicial change, its envoy said, as protesters flooded the streets for an eighth straight week on Saturday.

Reuters

Factbox-Nigeria election 2023: how it all works and when to expect results

Nigerians were voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday that are seen as the most wide open since the country switched from military rule to democracy in 1999.

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Ex-felons deserve the right to vote

Minnesota this month became the latest state to restore voting rights to ex-felons once they are released from prison. Democrats around the U.S. have been pushing to reduce or eliminate restrictions on voting, in particular fighting to extend voting rights to people on parole or probation. Many Republicans have been…

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester town where only four people sleep rough

Mo and Will have come through dark times

The Independent UK

Philippines 1986 revolt marked with dictator's son as leader

Pro-democracy protesters have marked the anniversary of the 1986 “people power” revolt in the Philippines with the son of the dictator, who was ousted in that uprising, now the president in a stunning comeback

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