The Rise of Daniel Ortega and His Danger to Democracy Daniel Ortega triumphed his third consecutive presidential term in November 2016 with a staggering 72.1% of the vote. Yet, amongst this …
Trump and Bolsonaro: How Populist leaders in the United States and Brazil Rose to Power Despite Unpresidential Practices. By Joseph Libertin
Rise of Populism in the United States and Brazil Populist leaders tend to claim that they represent the common people, and, as Mueller explains, populists tend to pin themselves against a common …
The Anti-Federalists’ prediction: The Founding Fathers’ Fears of Executive Encroachment on Checks and Balances may have been Warranted. By Joseph Libertin
Anti-Federalist Concerns A country still wrought with polarization and disagreement was unsurprisingly born out a similar form of disagreement. This dispute arose from contemplation over the …