Word: authoritarians
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...voters, who are pouring out for his whirlwind campaign stops through small, dusty pueblos like Teloloapan. Many are disillusioned with the progress of Mexico's democratization - especially its economic democratization - under current President Vicente Fox, of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), who in 2000 overthrew the venal and authoritarian Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which had ruled Mexico for seven decades...
...that L?pez doesn't present his own potential problems. His probity is rarely questioned, but critics say as mayor he often displayed an authoritarian streak. His plans to redirect hundreds of million of dollars from Mexico's budget to social projects like pensions for the elderly and utility subsidies are unrealistic to many analysts, if not downright delusional...
...Shining Path in the early 1990s - allegations he says are part of a smear campaign - and led a failed uprising against former President Alberto Fujimori in October 2000, only a few weeks before Fujimori resigned and fled the country in a corruption scandal. "There is a dangerous authoritarian project lurking behind Mr. Humala," says Fernando Rospigliosi, a former interior minister."He will be a disaster for Peru's democracy and for its economy, applying models that failed around the region decades...
...This is reflected in President Toledo's paltry support, a meager 20% in all polls, as well as in a late-March survey in which 68.5% of respondents said that they wanted to see major economic and political changes, including the election of an authoritarian government. "I am voting for Ollanta, because he is going to kick out all the corrupt politicians in Lima and govern for all Peru," said Felix Ticona, 24, at an Humala rally in the southern city of Moquegua...
...SEEMS WORRIED ABOUT SOME ANTIDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA, SUCH AS KREMLIN CONTROL OF THE MEDIA. The U.S. should be concerned about Russian domestic issues if Russians are concerned. Yes, the media are under some assault. There are some authoritarian methods being used. That is not in the interests of the people. Democracy is fragile...