On May 25, 2025, Venezuela will hold a pivotal electoral process, further consolidating its status as a benchmark for participatory democracy. Citizens will elect 285 National Assembly deputies, 260 state legislators, and 24 governors, including, for the first time, a governor for Guayana Esequiba, a defiant assertion of sovereignty over territory illegally claimed by Guyana.  This election marks a revolutionary […]

Power started returning to parts of the Iberian peninsula late on Monday after a huge outage brought most of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, grounding planes, halting public transport, and forcing hospitals to suspend routine operations. Spain’s Interior Ministry declared a national emergency, deploying 30,000 police across the country to keep order as governments […]