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Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from Mother Teresa's order

  • Written by Kelsey Martin-Morales, Doctoral Student in Political Science, University of South Carolina
imageNicaragua's lawmakers have closed NGOs in a string of decrees.STR/AFP via Getty Images

Many countries around the world are becoming less democratic as leaders in places such as Nicaragua, Mali, Hungary and Bangladesh seek to increase their power and diminish the ability of the courts, legislatures and independent institutions to constrain them.

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