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| Id | Subject | Object | Predicate | Lexical cue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T33 | 0-432 | Sentence | denotes | The 2019 Democracy Index, compiled by the United Kingdomʼs Economist Intelligence Unit (London, UK) and published annually in The Economist, ranks countries according to political and civic freedom using five criteria: whether elections are free and fair, whether governments have checks and balances, whether citizens are included in politics, the level of support for the government, and whether people have freedom of expression. |
| T34 | 433-853 | Sentence | denotes | Nations are divided into “full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes [which include those exhibiting regular electoral frauds], and authoritarian regimes” where “political pluralism has vanished or is extremely limited.”13 The 2019 edition is considered as having the “worst average global score since the Index was introduced in 2006, driven primarily by regressions in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.14 |