On Sunday, January 13th of this year, hundreds of Polish residents flocked to an outdoor stage in Gdansk to attend the Great Orchestra of Christmas, Poland’s largest annual charity event. It was the …
Reparations, Apologies, and the Spanish Conquest by Taylor Williams
Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador is the current president of Mexico, elected in 2018 as part of the National Regeneration Movement party. In attempts to facilitate the national recognition and subsequent …
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A New Age of Politics in El Salvador by Olivia Kesselring
37 year old Nayib Bukele, wearing his signature blue jeans and leather jacket, was democratically elected president of El Salvador in February of 2019, ushering in a new era of politics for the …
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Evo Morales’s 2019 Presidential Run and How We Got Here by Brett Jones
Not many would disagree, international observers and Bolivians alike, that this upcoming election in Bolivia will be a fork in the road for the country and the state of its democracy. The election …
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Tunisia, the Exception or the Expected? By Paige Cook
Tunisia was the first of all the Arab states to experience popular uprisings and political upheaval in 2011. In fact, it was the initial domino to the Arab uprisings. On December 17, 2010 a young …
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EU Suspends Hungary’s Fidesz Party from European Parliament by John Barrett
Since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party took control of Hungary’s government in 2010, they have increasingly made strides towards limiting the prospects of democracy in the country. …
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How Rap Battles Factored into The Thai Election by: Susmitha Chinni
Hip hop and rap in its origins is about fighting for the under-dog, economic struggles, and being direct with messages. As a genre of music, rap is founded for young people who can think critically, …
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Canceled Flight; A Bad Sign for Togo’s Prospective Democracy by Caleb Logan
Grounding Opponents On March 28, 2019, François Boko, a former interior minister of Togo who has been in exile in France since 2005, was prevented from boarding an Air France flight headed for …
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