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news La Jornada Opinion 2026-05-18

Hopes Fade as US Democracy Faces Executive Overreach

The article laments the current state of American democracy, which it claims has been undermined by the executive branch's actions. Many Americans are looking towards institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court for a checks-and-balances reset.


En estos días aciagos, en los que la democracia en Estados Unidos ha sido vapuleada por las ocurrencias y arbitrariedades del Ejecutivo, la mayoría de los estadunidenses aspira a un cambio en alguna de las instituciones que constitucionalmente son responsables de vigilar y equilibrar las decisiones del Ejecutivo: el Congreso, el Senado y la Suprema Corte.

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