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Blogs about: Military Rule

I guess Panama missed the boat?1 comment

Daniel Schmidt wrote 4 months ago: Panamanian Vice-president and Foreign Affairs minister Juan Carlos Varela said: “Our country (Panama … more →

Tags: Honduras, Panama, News From the Americas, Civil War, Juan Carlos Varela

Whither Local Government?1 comment

yasserlatifhamdani wrote 4 months ago: By Ahmad Rafay Aam The prime minister has announced that the local government elections have been po … more →

Tags: Pakistan, City Government, Civilian Rule, Civilized, constitution, democracy, democracy is the best revenge, democratic institutions, Devolution

US to withdraw one of Honduras' many credit cards

Daniel Schmidt wrote 4 months ago: The US has suspended $16.5 million dollars in military assistance – to say nothing of the rema … more →

Tags: Honduras, News From the Americas, coup, Honduras Coup 2009, Military Aid, US aid

Golpe de Estado in Honduras: Oscar Arias to Mediate Conflict1 comment

Daniel Schmidt wrote 4 months ago: Costa Rican president Oscar Arias has been tapped to negotiate between elected president Zelaya and … more →

Tags: Feature, Honduras, Central America, Costa Rica, coup, Esquipulas II Accords, hillary clinton, Nobel Prize, oscar arias

The Photography of Memory1 comment

Daniel Schmidt wrote 4 months ago: I’d like to draw attention to a topic that interests me and hope to pursue in the near future … more →

Tags: General, El Salvador, Latin America, Photography, impunity, Historical Memory, Dirty wars

Golpe de Estado in Honduras: Upholding the "Constitution"

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: It reads: This is the home of the people who do not want the military coup UPDATE: 1:00pm (June 30) … more →

Tags: Honduras, Feature, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Barack Obama, Economy, Violence, coup, Protest

Golpe de Estado in Honduras: ALBA, Sanctions, Zelaya's Return

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: New York Times UPDATE: 11:55 pm (June 29) According to Al-Jazeera, Zelaya will be coming back to Hon … more →

Tags: Honduras, News From the Americas, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Repression, Violence, coup, Zelaya

Golpe de Estado in Honduras: Coup News Feed4 comments

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: UPDATE: 10:25 pm (June 28) As I return from work, I am disturbed by the comments below this post. In … more →

Tags: Honduras, News From the Americas, Alba, Costa Rica, coup, El Salvador, Golpe de Estado, Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua

News from the Americas, June 24

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: The Headlines Scenes from the June 9, 2009 strikes in Peru; the opposition to the government's polic … more →

Tags: Argentina, Colombia, Ecology, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, News From the Americas, corruption, drugs

Pardon's for Argentine junta unconstitutional

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: With the issue of impunity taking center stage in the past few weeks from Guatemala and Brazil to Ur … more →

Tags: Argentina, Guatemala, Human Rights, Uruguay, impunity, Junta, videla, Massera

Myanmar Omen; Day's of the Junta regime are numbered

okawa wrote 5 months ago: Sad this Pagoda collapsed, but perhaps that is a message for the Junta, that their day’s are n … more →

Tags: General, ancient pagoda, Astrology, Burma, democracy for burma, free burma, FREE Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, junta omens, military omen

The Storms of Impunity in Brazil

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: It was only a few days ago when I brought a piece on impunity in Guatemala following the country … more →

Tags: Brazil, Feature, Argentina, Human Rights, Uruguay, impunity, João Goulart, Vargas, Truth Commission

Today in the Americas, Guatemala's Counterinsurgency State3 comments

Daniel Schmidt wrote 5 months ago: Today in 1982, Jose Efraín Ríos Montt declared himself president after the departure of other member … more →

Tags: Book Review, Guatemala, Today in the Americas, Civil War, counterinsurgency, guerrillas, Indians, Mayans, Rios Montt

3 Indicted in 1973 Killings, according to AP

Daniel Schmidt wrote 7 months ago: Chile: 3 Indicted in 1973 Killings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 20, 2009 A retired army … more →

Tags: Chile, "salvador allende", Augusto Pinochet

Salute the Flag -- Which One?

Temple3 wrote 7 months ago: Which Flag is Which? by Richard McDonald The people of the United States actually have two national … more →

Tags: Politics, Culture, History, Muntu, Patriotism, Education, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Nationalism, United States of America

Mutiny interview: Munizae Jahangir (NDTV Pakistan Correspondent)1 comment

Ruchi Gupta wrote 7 months ago: On March 15, we watched riveted as Nawaz Sharif successfully led a mass demonstration forcing Pakist … more →

Tags: politics and government, Terrorism, Civil Disobedience, democracy, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, India, kayani, Pakistan, Sharif

Today in Latin America, João Goulart

Daniel Schmidt wrote 8 months ago: From one of my favorite blogs on this internet thing, Don PalabraZ. Today is the 45th anniversary of … more →

Tags: Today in the Americas, Brazil, João Goulart, Vargas

Burma: The faded saffron dream

gwlewis wrote 8 months ago: Western leaders have turned away from the troubles of one of the world’s most repressed countr … more →

Tags: Burma, INTERNATIONAL, Politics and News, Southeast Asia, ASEAN, Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhist monks, China, democracy

Pakistan's Fragile Democracy: What an Average Indian Thinks About It10 comments

Arijit wrote 8 months ago: It’s deja vu once again for Pakistan. What started out as a planned peaceful march has snowbal … more →

Tags: World, Pakistan, political turmoil, kayani, Musharraf, Zardari, Freedom, Anarchy, Dictatorship


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