Democracy Report 2025 warns of backsliding in some Portuguese-speaking countries

Original text from the Lusa news agency

On 9 November 2025, the Lusa news agency reported the findings of the Democracy Report 2025, produced at Iscte, on Portuguese-speaking countries. The report warns of a decline in the quality of democracy in some of these countries.

It distinguishes five Portuguese-speaking states with stable democratic regimes from three others – Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique – marked by institutional weaknesses. Iscte researcher Tiago Fernandes is among those involved in this analysis.

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