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The protesters, known as the Red Shirts for the color they wear, were supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and has fled the country rather than serve a prison term on a corruption conviction. His opponents include the current Democrat-led...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

Thailand is a nation that prides itself on its Theravada Buddhist heritage. But Buddhism in Thailand is blended with a brew of Hindu, animist, Khmer, pagan and other beliefs. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the country's 82-year-old constitutional monarch, spent time as a Buddhist monk but also retains astrologers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

In fact, according to Wassana Namnuan, a Bangkok Post reporter, Thaksin and his opponents have been deeply engaged in black magic battles for dominance of the country for several years. "Both sides have been casting curses and spells upon each other," says Wassana who has written a book on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

It's not only Buddhist nations that are consumed by the occult. In the past, leaders in indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, have been known to consult javanese mystics who mix islam, hinduism and animist beliefs. But the most occult obsessed nation in the region is easily Burma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

The old lament about Mexico is that it's "so far from God, so close to the United States." These days it might be more apt to say that Mexico looks so far from Latin America. Mexico was once the region's vocero, its spokesman. But in the past decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Brazil Rises, Mexico Tries to Amp Up Its Own Clout | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

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