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On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
Latin America is facing the recurrence of flawed elections, deterioration of the separation of powers, attacks on journalists and freedom of the press.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses the decline of democratic norms in Latin America.

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