White House seeks Bolsonaro win to ensure access to oil and microchips – and isolate American continent from China
From Chile to Peru, far-right leaders are adopting Project 2025 policies to dismantle democracy and social rights
openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 17 October 2026
By lifting sanctions on Russian diesel, the US president dooms Ukrainians to a brutal winter in a violent, endless war
openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 10 October 2026
La ‘Doctrina Donroe’ de Trump se basa en el petróleo, los chips y un continente americano aislado de China. ¿Funcionará en Brasil?
Trump seemed set to expand war on Iran. So why the hasty retreat from the UK? And what does it mean for the conflict?
El primer periodista occidental expulsado de Moscú tras la caída de la Unión Soviética, Luke Harding, analiza a Trump, la guerra en Ucrania y un caso de sobornos rusos en el Reino Unido
Luke Harding on Putin’s war, Biden’s hesitancy, Trump acting as a Russian asset, and Kremlin links to Brexit and Britain’s hard right.
As Brazilians prepare to elect a new president, the country’s sovereignty hangs in the balance
openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 03 October 2026