Equatorial Guinea: Video | Putin and other leaders with more than a quarter century in power | Videos

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Felipe Larach
Published on 2024-03-19 04:15:00

The victory in the Russian elections will allow Putin to surpass a quarter of a century as president of Russia. In this way, and thanks to the constitutional amendment of 2020, which allows him to extend his presidency until 2036, Putin joins the group of leaders who have been in power for the longest time.

Excluding monarchs, at the head of countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Uganda, or Belarus are “strongmen,” who have built authoritarian regimes and have led their nations to be at the bottom of democratic quality indexes. By controlling institutions, obtaining the support of social groups, and persecuting dissent, leaders have managed to perpetuate themselves in power, as explained in the video accompanying this news by Hilda Varela Barraza, a researcher in Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico, and Carl Henrik Knutsen, a professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo.

Read the original article(Spanish) on EL Pais