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Guatemala: Democracy Imperiled | Aryeh Neier | The New York Review of Books
Bernardo Arévalo’s inauguration last year as president of Guatemala symbolized the revival of democracy in a notoriously corrupt country. A concerted effort by obstructionist elites now threatens to oust him on specious grounds—and bring repression back.
Guatemala: Democracia en Peligro | Aryeh Neier | The New York Review of Books
La asunción del presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, el año pasado significó el renacimiento de la democracia en un país notoriamente corrupto. Esfuerzos concertados de las élites amenazan ahora con derrocarlo bajo cargos falaces –y regresar a una era de represión.
In Assad’s Prisons | Stefan Tarnowski | The New York Review of Books
As Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) pushed south from Idlib Province, the rebels’ first priority was to liberate prisons. From Aleppo to Hama to Homs, videos The Assad regime’s prisons were some of the worst in the world: sites of isolation, humiliation, torture, starvation, and sadistic killing on an industrial scale.
Sohrab Hura’s Fractured India | Sanjay Kak | The New York Review of Books
In February 2023 the photographer Sohrab Hura mounted an unusual show on the upper floor of a gutted factory on the smoky margins of New Delhi. Although In his constant urge to renew himself, the photographer Sohrab Hura comes across as an artist committed to tilling hard ground.
At the Gates of Fortress Europe | Caitlin L. Chandler | The New York Review of Books
Druskininkai is a hilly, forested area in southern Lithuania, near the border with Belarus and Poland. Its name derives from druska, which means The story of Sajjad Mohammedhasan, who sought asylum but received a year in Lithuania’s border prisons.