Showing posts with label authoritarianism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label authoritarianism. Show all posts
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Bad Times for Brazil

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Brazil's Bolsonaro celebrates - but should Brazilians be celebrating? One of the planet's largest, most multiethnic democrac...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Latin American Democracy in Retreat

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Authoritarian Venezuelan Pres. Nicolas Maduro. In the mid-2000s, Colombia's popular and hard-right Pres. Alvaro Uribe wanted t...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

A Profile in Courage from Next Door

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Not a 'yes woman.' Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega. Look at authoritarian states around the world, from Belarus to ...
Friday, April 28, 2017

Venexit

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Venezuelan Pres. Nicolas Maduro has become increasingly dictatorial. So, you're self-proclaimed socialist 'revolution' i...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Trumping Latin Democracies

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Donald Trump, would-be strongman. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Venezuelan Pres. Nicolas Maduro may seem ...
Friday, February 21, 2014

The Downfall of Democracies

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University students from Venezuela protest crime, shortages and restrictions on free speech in their country this afternoon in front ...
Monday, October 8, 2012

Chavéz's Latest Re-Re-Re-Reelection

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Chavez's re-re-reelection victory in Venezuela is no surprise. Chavez is undoubtedly popular, even after 14 years in power. But i...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Venezuela's Continuing Slide Toward Dictatorship

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Red all over, and ready to write laws. Venezuela's National Assembly just voted itself into irrelevency by giving Pres. Chavez the p...