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President Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday in Atlanta.

At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'

11:27am May 20, 2024

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance — and future of — democracy.

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Oil drills in Maracaibo Lake in Venezuela's oil rich Zulia state. The U.S. is renewing sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry.

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The U.S. renews oil sanctions on Venezuela citing a failure to allow fair elections

5:51pm April 17, 2024

by Tara Neill

The Biden administration will reinstate sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector, accusing the government President Nicolás Maduro of failing to commit to "an inclusive and competitive election."

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Greensboro History Museum program to highlight how Lumbee Tribe has fought to reimagine democracy

4:19pm April 09, 2024

by DJ Simmons

Lumbee Tribe historian Malinda Maynor Lowery will discuss how her tribe's relationship and engagement with democracy has evolved over the years.

Supporters celebrate the release of Senegal's top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his key ally Bassirou Diomaye Faye outside Sonko's home in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, March 14, 2024.

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Senegal heads to the polls after delayed elections - here's what you need to know

8:22am March 22, 2024

Senegal will finally go to the polls this weekend, in a vote that was delayed, then reinstated. A beacon of relative stability in a restless region, its democratic resilience has been sorely tested.

People take parte in a march organized by citizen organizations demanding that electoral autonomy be respected in the upcoming general elections in downtown Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024.

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Thousands rail against Mexico's president and ruling party in 'march for democracy'

10:52pm February 18, 2024

by The Associated Press

Thousands of demonstrators cloaked in pink marched through cities in Mexico and abroad on Sunday in what they called a "march for democracy" targeting the country's ruling party.

Ahead of his speech, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended a small wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park on Jan. 5, 2024.

Biden says the fight for democracy is at the heart of his 2024 rematch with Trump

4:57pm January 05, 2024

President Biden used his first campaign event of 2024 to mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, posed a serious risk to democracy.

The street where Heather Heyer was killed during the Nazi rally in 2017 has been renamed to Heather Heyer Way. Residents in Charlottesville say that day still leaves an impact on the town.

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Biden uses Charlottesville to talk about political violence. But he hasn't been there

11:10am November 27, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden says the 2017 Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Va., was a critical moment for the country, and pushed him to run for president against Trump.

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In this file photo, a member of the Proud Boys, right, stands in front of a counter protester as members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators rally on Sept. 26, 2020.

More Americans say they support political violence ahead of the 2024 election

12:44pm October 25, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

Nearly a quarter of Americans believe that "patriots may need to resort to violence to save the country" while an overwhelming majority think democracy is at risk in a new PRRI survey.

President Biden arrives in Phoenix on Sept. 27, 2023. He's slated to give his latest speech on protecting democracy on Thursday, a theme that is central to his reelection campaign.

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Biden is talking about democracy as he aims for a split-screen moment with the GOP

8:25am September 28, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden's latest speech on democracy comes the day after the Republican debate, as a government shutdown looms and as House Republicans hold an impeachment inquiry hearing.

Guatemalan presidential candidate for the Semilla party, Bernardo Arévalo, celebrates the results of the presidential runoff election in Guatemala City, on Sunday.

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Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

1:43pm August 21, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the runoff election by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.