News Post: 10 of the 23 Candidates Disqualified from Egyptian Presidential...
The presidential election, the final stage in Egypt’s turbulent transition, will begin May 23. With elections just around the corner, Egypt’s Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) shocked...
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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been openly battling cancer since June 2011. (BBC) As of December 18th, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez remains in stable condition as he continues to undergo...
View ArticleVenezuelan Elections: What’s Next?
Maduro has embraced the same anti-American sentiments as Chavez, leaving many wondering what the new Socialist president will do to help or further hinder United States-Venezuela relations. (Google)...
View ArticleVoting Rights and Wrongs
It is Sunday the 9th of March. Imagine if today, voting day for Congress in Colombia, Bogotanos could not go to the polls because they live in the Districto Capital (nation´s capital district) and...
View ArticleCritical Analysis: Libya Elects New Prime Minister
Libya’s 200 member national congress has elected Ali Zidan as its new prime minister. Zidan, a former Congressman and human rights lawyer, won 93 votes, securing a majority for him from those present...
View ArticleCritical Analysis: China’s Upcoming “Elections” and Xi JinPing
Xi JinPing is a likeable figure to the Chinese people: a fan of soccer and Hollywood war movies and married to a glamorous woman who is a famous Chinese folk singer. At ease with himself, the...
View ArticleCritical Analysis: Mother Merkel’s Victory in Germany
Angela Merkel won a large margin victory September 22, 2013, to retain her position as Germany’s Chancellor. Merkel’s political party, the Christian Democrats, received 41.5% of the votes. The...
View ArticleCritical Analysis: Turmoil in Turkish Politics Could Tip Syrian War
The Turkish government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains in its worst political crisis since coming to power in 2003. On April 3, access to Twitter in the country was restored after the...
View ArticleElection Hacking: Ushering in a New Era of an Age-Old Problem
Introduction In an age of perpetual information influx, nobody should be surprised that the technology that captures your attention may be programmed to deceive you. Yet, on the eve of the 2016 U.S....
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