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Turmoil risks financial stability Peru long took for granted

The Peruvian city of Cusco is normally a bustling mecca for international tourists

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

In Peru, president’s ouster just latest manifestation of extreme political turmoil

LIMA, Peru — A right-wing populist president who led Peru during the 1990s is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses. Three of his four immediate successors faced bribery charges — one killing himself with a gunshot to his head when police descended on his home to arrest…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 11, 2022

Polls put Lula on brink of comeback victory over Bolsonaro in Brazil

But hopes leftwing former president will defeat Jair Bolsonaro tempered by fear a runoff contest could mean weeks of turmoil and violence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

What the leaked Jan. 6 recordings say about democracy right now

Some Republicans are on the defensive about what they said or wrote privately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NPR's Michel Martin discusses that with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky.

WEKU · Apr 30, 2022

Nicholas Goldberg: Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he's not entirely wrong

President Joe Biden likes to say that we are locked in a global battle pitting democracy against autocracy.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 29, 2022