Good to Know: Populism
Why is populist rhetoric so prevalent, and does it even matter?
Are we exaggerating populism’s threat to democracy?
A new book argues that democracy is actually pretty resilient.
Honduras voted for change. Can Xiomara Castro, the president-elect, deliver?
She’ll be facing deeply embedded corruption, extreme poverty and unfriendly institutions, among other challenges
Peru’s upcoming presidential election is really a referendum on its troubled constitution
What’s at stake in the runoff between leftist front-runner Pedro Castillo and right-wing, dynastic candidate Keiko Fujimori?
People have long predicted the collapse of the Washington Consensus. It keeps reappearing under new guises.
30 years later, global financial institutions still condition loans on policies like 'structural reforms’
So is the wave of populist nationalism finished? Hardly.
Commentators are proclaiming that the nationalist populist wave has stalled.
Here’s what Peru can teach Turkey about presidential power grabs
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In Ecuador’s extremely tight election, the left defied the odds
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Ecuador votes on Sunday. These are 5 things you need to know.
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