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What’s Behind the Political Instability in Thailand

NYT | Top Stories

30 August 2025 at 07:35

While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old guard.

Thaksin Shinawatra with his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra in August 2024. Both have served as prime minister, and each has been reprimanded by Thailand’s powerful Constitutional Court.

Thai Court Dismisses Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra From Office

NYT | Top Stories

29 August 2025 at 18:11

Paetongtarn Shinawatra became the third member of her family to be removed from the job, as the nation plunged into fresh political instability.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the scion of a powerful political dynasty, at a news conference in Bangkok on Friday, after her dismissal by the Constitutional Court.

A Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for Help

César Rodríguez-Garavito and Robert Macfarlane

15 August 2025 at 13:00

Ecuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa.