@stevelevitsky.bsky.social

Grading final exams for my Latin American politics class, I encounered a reference to the human rights activism of the Mothers of the Cinco de Mayo.

I don't share her political views, but Maria Corina Machado is the unambiguous leader of Venezuela's pro-democratic forces. She needs to go back to Venezuela

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Even though Freedom House gave USA a pass this year, downgrading it by only 3 points and still calling it "Free," it's worth noting that Freedom House now considers USA less democratic than Argentina, Belize, Mauritius, Mongolia, Panama, and Romania. And tied with Suriname.

Freedom House annual report gives USA a pass. Overall freedom score declines just 3 points, from 84 to 81, and US is still scored as Free. Freedom House is funded in part by the U.S. government. But it's still chickenshit.