[El Universal] Democracy significantly moved back in 25 countries in 2010, and the democratic world did not resisted the process, Freedom House, an independent group which monitors the status of liberties, reported on Thursday. Latin America was represented in this list by Venezuela, Mexico and Haiti.
For the fifth year in a row, Freedom House reported a setback in political rights and civil liberties in the world. "Our adversaries not only apply widespread repression, but also do it with unprecedented aggressiveness and confidence," Executive Director David J. Kramer said. "And the democratic community has not caught up with the challenge."
The survey of 194 countries and 14 territories in the world found that China, Egypt, Iran, Russia and Venezuela kept on escalating its repressive measures with little resistance of democracies.
The number of electoral democracies went down to 115, the lowest level since 1995, after peaking 123 in 2005.