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From El Salvador to Mexico and Brazil, Democracies Under Pressure

The Americas Quarterly Podcast

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Is There a Silver Lining in the Current Context?

I think the brazilian supreme court has done a good job stopping bolsonado. It's, you know, for example, governors who tried to impose social distancing measures and these were upheld by the court. But the judiciary has been, and will continue to be, under attack by old sonado himself and his supporters. Rer seeving in that in america is that you do have journalists, human rights defenders, judges and prosecutors that, in certain contexts, are doing their job. And that is extremely important to support because if we all give up, then these autocratic leaders will just feel that they can do whatever they want, and they can't.

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