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Luís Afonso Assumpção says that a corruption scandal by former economy minister, Palocci is representative of the “status of this ‘ethical' government from Worker´s Party.” Randy Paul compares it to the Scooter Libby scandal in the United States.
Patrice writes that Ex-president Fujimori has married a Japanese woman for what Patrice believes are political reasons. Un Lobo en Perú says that Fujimori is rumored to be extradited from Chile soon to stand trial in Peru and is surprised that the local media is not giving the story more attention. Journalist Juan Carlos Lujan recently encouraged his readers to support an online campaign (ES) by Amnesty International requesting that Fujimori be extradited.
David Read writes in praise of Kyrgyzstan, listing some of the wonderful qualities of the country.
Andrés Duque has posted pictures of yesterday's protest against presidential candidate Ollanta Humala by Lima's LGBT community just days before the country heads to the polls. Un Lobo en Perú has a collection of quotes by Humala in recent days.
Zarchka updates readers on the performance of the Armenian youth korfball at the recent world tournament at which they took two trophies, but not necessarily the ones they hoped for.
The Golden Road to Samarqand reports on Kyrgyz university students' thoughts on Ryspek Akmatbaev, a man widely believed to be a criminal and unliked everywhere but his hometown who is running for parliament in Kyrgyzstan after protesters demanded he be allowed to stand as a candidate.
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...