Word: dictatorship
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...youth to value radical action over respect for democracy. But American kids wouldn’t dream of pursuing serious political objectives through violence. After all, I thought, while the Montoneros were out blowing up buildings and laying the groundwork for Latin America’s bloodiest military dictatorship, the “radicals” in the U.S. were protesting the Vietnam War on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and embracing free love in Golden Gate State Park...
...short, Brazil is a huge, diverse, and active country. Its appropriations and contradictions are sometimes amusing, sometimes surprising, and always fascinating. Brazil is dealing with many of the same issues as the U.S. is today—except it was ruled by a military dictatorship until just over 20 years ago. As Brazilians love to say, “é complicado” (it’s complicated...
...International Monetary Fund and ushered in a recovery that has kept his popularity rating at an unusually high level - at more than 50% in many recent polls. In the meantime, he has pursued a vigorous human rights policy, reopening trials against the officers of Argentina's bloody 1976-83 dictatorship...
...with ailing suspension, an inoperable sunroof and no windshield wipers. Shy, slightly cross-eyed and at times awkward, Pakistan's Supreme Court Chief justice is as unlikely a hero as his ride. But he is at the center of an escalating crisis that threatens to destabilize Pakistan's military dictatorship. On Saturday, the Chief Justice, who was suspended by President-General Pervez Musharraf nearly three months ago for alleged misconduct, left his home in Islamabad to address a High Court Lawyer's convention in Abbottabad, 70 miles away. The journey took 15 hours...
...Justice had been throughout the ride. "This would be one hell of a campaign," said Ahsan, a former senator with the PPP, with a small tinge of regret. But Chaudhry is no candidate. Instead he is a symbol of political change in a nation whose patience with its military dictatorship is growing increasingly thin - and he poses an even greater risk to the current government. Analysts in Pakistan suggest that Musharraf's principal motive in suspending Chaudhry may have stemmed from fears that the increasingly independent Chief Justice would obstruct his bid for another term in office, questioning the constitutionality...