democracy
Violence and threats of more: Brazil’s electoral drama gets more bizarre
September 13, 2018After a far-right candidate is stabbed, his VP running mate threatens to bring out the military. Meanwhile, with Lula in jail, the left has to bring in a substitute candidate of its own.
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Colombia and U.S. implicated in plot to kill Venezuelan president
August 21, 2018From Bogota to Miami, more names are popping up in the list of accomplices in the Maduro assassination attempt.
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Democracy is a class concept
August 14, 2018In today’s rapidly shifting political climate one of the debates taking place concerns the status of “democracy” in the United States.
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Protecting the Revolution: A new constitution for Cuba
July 26, 2018Cuban authorities are aware that the idea of a “third way”—between socialism and capitalism—has gained currency on the island. Thus change is taking place within a highly unstable setting.
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What Putin’s got on Trump may be so obvious no one sees it
July 24, 2018How do you blackmail someone who seems so proud of being attacked?
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