Albania is a robust democracy with a record of competitive elections. Last parliamentary elections held on 25th April 2021 was also quite competitive in which ruling left-wing Socialist Party won 49 percent of the vote and 74 of 140 seats while the main opposition centre-right Democratic Party got 39 percent of the votes and 59 seats. […]
While regular elections that are generally free are held in Guatemala, corruption and organized crime severely impact the functioning of government. Victims of rampant violence and criminal extortion have little recourse to justice. Activists, journalists, and public officials who confront corruption, crime, and other sensitive issues risk attack and judicial persecution. Guatemala’s 2023 presidential elections […]
Guarantees of free speech are respected in general, though some laws barring defamation of state institutions still remain on the books. Media ownership is extremely concentrated. Many journalists have reported facing assault and harassment, even at the hands of police. In May 2022, three journalists sustained injuries while covering a protest in Santiago, including late […]
When Xiomara Castro had become Honduras’s first female president in 2022, she had promised a massive departure from the preceding 12 years of National Party (PN) rule. PN officials had destroyed state institutions and worked at the highest levels with organized crime as hospitals and schools languished and a large number of Hondurans fled for […]
