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When the Chinese embraced capitalism, the west predicted it would crumble. Then that the web would break it. We may be proved wrong again

“Nothing really bad happens in the actual pub, it happens on the estate itself outside.”

The writing was on the wall. But when Brazil's left-wing president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva visited China recently, he flamboyantly underscored economic and security ties between Latin America's largest democracy and the world's largest dictatorship. Significantly he took steps to decouple much of Brazil's vibrant commerce from using the…

Indonesia is set to hold a presidential election in February next year, with three men so far vying for the top job in the world's third-largest democracy and its most populous Muslim-majority country.

Republicans continue to undermine democracy in outrageous ways — but the pursuit of justice for Jan. 6 won't stop

President Joe Biden is open to increasing pressure on Venezuela if Nicolás Maduro fails to take concrete steps toward democratic elections, the Biden administration said on Thursday, as Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro visited the White House.

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said he is committed to resolving the crisis in Venezuela, after Colombia's President Gustavo Petro asked for sanctions to be lifted on the far-left government in return for restoring democracy.

U.S. President Joe Biden praised Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday for his country's treatment of refugees from Venezuela and for his commitment to democracy and human rights.

State government wants to fast-track developments in attempt to increase housing density in exisiting suburbs, close to public transport

The First Minister has vowed to “always defend our democracy” after a Tory peer called for Scottish devolution to be “reversed”.

Of course Dominion was out for a payday — we can't expect capitalism to bring down Fox News and save democracy