WASHINGTON: Democracy faced sharp, widespread setbacks worldwide in 2023, with violence and manipulation marring a series of elections, Freedom House said on Thursday.

In its annual report, the US-funded pro-democracy advocacy and research group switched classifications for two countries, downgrading Ecuador from free to partly free and upgrading Thailand from not free to partly free.

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