Retiring Guy's Digest: What autocrats do

Headline: Reuters, 8/12/2025

Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk report:

President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back a key U.S. government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some countries that have been strong partners of the Republican president.
Among such nations are El Salvador and Israel, which rights groups say have extensive records of abuses.
Instead, the widely anticipated 2024 Human Rights Report of the U.S. State Department sounded an alarm on the erosion of freedom of speech in Europe and ramped up criticism of Brazil and South Africa, with which Washington has clashed on a host of issues.

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