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Rob Mercatante has a four part series (1, 2, 3, 4) as to why he believes former members of the Guatemalan army shouldn't be hired as a supplemental police force.
Leyendas de Guatemala (ES) is a new weblog with a great offer (ES). If you email Dorge Ozaeta with your name, country, and reason for wanting the recordings, he will email you mp3 versions of popular Guatemalan legends. Isa, who has a similar blog about Nicaraguan legends, thinks this is a great idea (ES).
Christian Gomez is back after a four month recess, arguing that, “there does not exist one ‘left' which is fueled by Chavez; rather, a moderate brand of governing demonstrated by Lagos, Lula, and Kirschner, which continues to employ economic pragmatism in setting its policy agenda. It is too easy to use Chavez as a lens from which to view the region, since his brand of autocratic populism screams for media attention and lends itself to such witty catchphrases as the recent Foreign Policy cover dubbing him ‘Hugo Boss.'”
The Greatbong cruises over some of the mysteries of the Indian Budget - for instance - why bother with the socialist hangover?
Govindraj on the Indian Budget released yesterday, commenting that the Indian Government seems to have done little to make tax collection more efficient or wide.
Jordan has foiled a planned suicide bomb attack on “a vital civilian installation,” official state-run media has reported. Two Iraqis and a Libyan, believed to be members of the al-Qaeda terror network, have been arrested in connection with the plot, Petra news agency reported. Police are said to be hunting several other militants, including a Saudi Arabian and three Iraqis, Nas reported.
Today a coordinated prison mutiny was staged at the Juwaida prison in southern Amman, as well as in Suwaqa (in the south) and Qafqafa (in the north). The incident led to wounding of four security personnel, and the holding of the Juwaida warden and six guards as hostages for most of the day. The crisis ended with the release of the warden and the guards, Khalaf said.
Legal News from Nepal reports - “The four-day national conference of legal practitioners’ in the country kicked off in the capital, Kathmandu, Wednesday calling for constitutional supremacy and rule of law.”
Dinesh Wagle muses on the future of Nepal and his role in the politically sensitive situation on his birthday.
Dan McMinn of Orange Ukraine looks at Ukraine's pre-election politics and how it relates to real life (or not).
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or Black mens?!... Really outrageous. France is maybe...
"Tsai's interview with the Washington Post, in which he claimed that the June 4 Massacre (Tiananmen Square) did not happen." Any responsible,...
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As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency against his will, and people...