The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
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politics of protestFrom Venezuela and Peru to Bangladesh and Hungary, openDemocracy writers track a turbulent era of new political challenges and mobilisations.
Daniel Ortega's regime asphyxiates Nicaragua's freedoms and seizes its music. But dissent stirs
A new voting round highlights Evo Morales's popularity - and obstacles to his radical project
A tide of discontent and insurgency places the viability of the world's economic model in question
Burma's junta crushed the people in 1988. But its strength today is more mirage than reality
A president’s neo-liberal reinvention has yet to win hearts or raise life-chances of poor Peruvians
A troubled polity with a politicised judiciary and open to racial discourse needs a house-clean
A seething tax revolt exposes the unresolved tensions of Argentina's modern political history
The release of Ingrid Betancourt is a stunning blow to her captors - and a lesson to her liberators
A series of votes on regional autonomy tests Bolivians' capacity to live together
Burma's imprisoned leader remains a beacon of her country's struggle to be free (archive)
Where is Raúl Castro taking Cuba, and how will the Cuban "system" and people respond?
The progressive ideals of the Olympic movement are shadowed by colonial attitudes
Marina Silva's departure is good news for Brazil's "developmentalists" and bad for the Amazon
Three years after the Uzbek massacre, Germany leads a shameful collusion with Islam Karimov's brutal regime
The Chinese netizens mobilising against western media distortions should also look in the mirror
German collective memory is in overdrive. But the most valuable legacy of the protest years is being forgotten
A many-sided argument over autonomy for Bolivia's eastern region is coming to a climax
Vietnam’s official memory has no place for Hoang Minh Chinh, an honourable critic who embraced democracy
A lively London market offers a fresh view of the old story of England as a "heritage in danger"
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