With all eyes on Ukraine, Latin American dictators attack religious freedom

While the world’s eyes are fixed on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, repressive regimes closer to the United States, including those of Nicaragua and Venezuela, are using the authoritarian playbook to undermine democracy by silencing voices of independent civil society, including faith leaders who have spoken out against their destructive ruling ideologies and practices.

Both are undermining constitutional guarantees using vague and contradictory laws, decrees, and bureaucratic tactics to persecute faith communities arbitrarily.