With a catastrophic economic situation, Chavism is running out of time. Much will depend on how Maduro deals with this unprecedented situation of having a parliament fully controlled by the opposition. Português.
Numa situação económica catastrófica, o Chavismo está a correr contra o tempo. Muito dependerá de como Maduro lide com um Parlamento controlado pela oposição, uma situação sem precedentes na história recente da Venezuela. English.
“As leaders, we have to overcome all of our historical, political, cultural divides and work towards building trust between communities.” Interview.
If the majority can be bought, intimidated or pushed around, then no country, any more than an international organization, can establish control over corruption.
Within Kosova there is a general feeling that these international actors prize stability above all else, enabling them to overlook the kind of police violence they see in their social media.
Walking around the town in the worst of the smoke, I estimated a good 50 percent were not covering their faces at all, including many travelling at speed on motorbikes.
"It is fundamental to search for explanations within our society, notably the social and economic exclusion of part of the population in France."
Why do western media call a barbaric terrorist group the ‘Islamic State’ when it is neither Islamic nor a state?
It may not be perfect. But the COP21 model – and the democracy principle on which it rests – may just be our greatest weapon in the fight against climate change.
The disconnect between the public and the UN has given it an increasingly opaque image, compounded by dark scandals and media bias. But would the world be as safe without it?
