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COMMENTARY There's a lot of focus on the potential threat to Argentina's democracy from its president-elect, but the Argentine pope has his own anti-democratic issues.

COMMENTARY Sunday's reactionary populism-versus-smug liberalism clash in Argentina holds lessons for next year's U.S. presidential race between Trump and Biden.

COMMENTARY It's fitting that the Proud Boys leader has been sentenced for sedition just as the 50th anniversary of Pinochet's right-wing death squad coup approaches.

COMMENTARY Marco Rubio warns us the Trump indictment threatens U.S. democracy, but he's fine with praising Nayib Bukele — who's threatening democracy in El Salvador.

Communist Cuba is now only the western hemisphere's third worst nation on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index. The new worst? Venezuela.

COMMENTARY Latin American democracy is still fragile — and needs credible defense from a Latino stronghold like Miami, not Trump-toadying hypocrisy.

The U.K. has had four prime ministers in six years. Israel is about to have its fifth election in four years. Many in the U.S. still deny the 2020 election result. What is going on?

Bruce Reinhart, a magistrate for the U.S. District of Court for the Southern District of Florida, has faced death threats and antisemitic slurs since approving the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago. Experts warn the uptick in threats to the judiciary is dangerous for the rule of law and democracy.

COMMENTARY Few things would embolden Trump's troops more than to see a military coup keep his buddy Bolsonaro in power should he lose Brazil's election.

The committee laid out how Trump and a lawyer advising him pressured Pence even after Trump was aware there was a riot. The question now is whether Trump could face criminal consequences.

When he was running for office, Joe Biden vowed to make big changes to how the U.S. deals with Saudi Arabia. But that was before gas prices soared past $5 per gallon, making inflation his top issue.

COMMENTARY Biden has little choice but to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Americas Summit. Nor can he welcome U.S. democracy-defilers.