Tag / imperialism
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Venezuela: It’s Complicated
When Juan Guaidó, the previously unknown leader of Venezuela’s legislature, invoked a constitutional clause to declare himself president, he set off an international firestorm. Almost immediately, American Vice President Mike Pence called sitting president Nicolás Maduro “a dictator with no legitimate claim to power” and affirmed American support for Guaidó. The last months have seen…
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Tensions Rise Over Spectacularly Meaningless Islands
The Falkland Islands or, if you ask Argentinians, Las Islas Malvinas, have long been a bone of contention between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Although their destiny was considered sealed by the UK’s emphatic defeat of Argentina in the Falklands War of 1982, tensions over the islands are on the rise once again. Objectively, the…
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Talking Heads: Robert Mugabe
To escape the bitter St. Louis chill over break, Talking Heads hopped over to Harare, Zimbabwe, warmed by the African sun and the kind welcome that President Robert Mugabe so graciously gave us. Never mind the American government has said he is undermining democracy, the man knows how to be a good host. Talking Heads:…
