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Prisoners of Conscience 4 comments

Elyas Mulu Kiros wrote 4 weeks ago: There are many political and social activists who are silenced systemically or who languish in vario … more →

Tags: Ethiopian politics, International Politics, Society, Story, Ethiopia, Life, Dictatorship, From Dictatorship to Democracy, Freedom

Latin America's Cult of Personality Complex1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 4 months ago: The cult of personality is one of the more unfortunate political developments throughout Latin Ameri … more →

Tags: Latin America, Politics, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Relations, President Obama, Venezuela, Nicaragua, cuba

The Return of the Superpresident: Lessons From Russia for the Americas1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 7 months ago: The holding of elections, even if free and fair, are necessary but not sufficient conditions for dem … more →

Tags: Latin America, Politics, Economics, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Relations, President Obama, Venezuela, Nicaragua

Quem passar energia? Chávez e a questão da sucessão

Michael B. Rivera wrote 9 months ago: Hugo Chávez tem servido como chefe de Estado na Venezuela desde 1999, prometendo tomar o país pelo c … more →

Tags: Latin America, Politics, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Relations, Venezuela, International Relations, political behavior, democratization

¿A quien pasará el poder? Chávez y la cuestión de la sucesión

Michael B. Rivera wrote 9 months ago: Hugo Chávez ha servido como jefe de estado en Venezuela desde 1999, jurando guiar el país por la vía … more →

Tags: Latin America, Politics, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Relations, Venezuela, International Relations, political behavior, democratization

Move página: morte de Allende governou um suicídio

Michael B. Rivera wrote 10 months ago: Uma autópsia realizada em restos do deposto presidente Salvador Allende revelou esta semana que o lí … more →

Tags: Latin America, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Relations, War crimes, governmental legitimacy, democratization, Ideology, South America

Ortega Set for Another Term in Nicaragua1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega seems poised to win a third term this November as head of the Cen … more →

Tags: Politics, Executive leadership, Nicaragua, governmental legitimacy, corruption, International Relations, political behavior, democratization, Ideology

Cuba's Ruling Party Not Getting Any Younger1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Raul Castro, brother of long-time Cuban President Fidel Castro and current president, was elected th … more →

Tags: Latin America, Politics, U.S. Foreign Relations, cuba, United Nations, political behavior, democratization, Ideology

A Friend In Need: Chavez Comes to Qaddafi's Rescue1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: The latest venture of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez into international politics has put him in th … more →

Tags: Latin America, Politics, Executive leadership

The End of the Road: Mubarak Vows Not to Seek Reelection1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Less than a month after protests in Tunisia led to the abdication of long-time president Ben Ali, th … more →

Tags: Politics, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Relations, President Obama, governmental legitimacy

A New Wave in the Middle East & North Africa?2 comments

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Mass revolt in Tunisia led to the ouster of the country’s authoritarian ruler 23 years into hi … more →

Tags: Economics, governmental legitimacy

A world after Wikileaks | ReVieW TuRn

shahrukhshafique wrote 1 year ago: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may not be Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2010 – that distinc … more →

Tags: reviewturn, A world after Wikileaks, Global Conversation, Julian Assange, longterm goals, Time Magazine Person, Time Magazine Person of the Year

Examining Political Culture in Latin America1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Democratic consolidation has proven to be an ongoing challenge for several Latin American nations si … more →

Tags: Latin America, México, Politics, Executive leadership, Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, cuba, governmental legitimacy

Europe's Last Dictator Survives Another Election1 comment

Michael B. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Just two weeks after allowing opposition candidates to criticize him on national television, Belarus … more →

Tags: Politics, Executive leadership, U.S. Foreign Relations, governmental legitimacy

North Korea: a blogshell37 comments

The Kap'n wrote 2 years ago: Right. What follows is a decidedly stark change from our usual broadcasting here on evilboss.co.uk, … more →

Tags: The Kap'n, scar3dycat, DPRK, Koreans, socialist, communism, Communication, North Korea, Kim Jong-Il

Disaster Capitalism in China and Burma1 comment

elizabeth wrote 4 years ago: Do see Naomi Klein at The Nation on the disasters in China and Myanmar.  Here’s a bit: … … more →

Tags: Developing Countries, International Politics, Global Capitalism, China, cyclone Nargis, Burma, Naomi Klein, Disaster Capitalism, Sichuan earthquake

The Relationship between Human Rights and Democracy - HRW 2008 Report 3 comments

Charles wrote 4 years ago: Kudos to Human Rights Watch (HRW) for its World Report 2008. The NGO wrote in the report, ‘the … more →

Tags: Socio-Political, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch Report 2008, western democracies


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