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For those of us inspired by mass mobilizations in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Turkey’s Gezi Park, Greece’s Syntagma Square, Spain’s Plaza del Sol, and even our “own” Zuccotti Park, it is easy for protests in Venezuela to...

Photo credit: Dr. Stella Nyanzi UGANDA’S PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI signed an anti-homosexuality bill into law on February 24, 2014, that sanctioned the persecution of sexual minorities in the nation.[1] The bill was first proposed by former Ethics Minister...

Twenty-five years after politics forever changed Central Europe and the former Soviet Bloc, governments that never colonized Africa seek to re-engage or be more visible on the continent in the name of economic cooperation. Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech...

Here’s an ideal Freedom Day in-depth read for you. Brilliantly researched and objectively written, Dr John Swart traces how South Africa got to where it is today and where the Zumafication of the nation will take it to. This is a well reasoned thesis...

In the next three weeks, expect posts (time depending) on the EU, India, Colombia, Ukraine and Belgium. I am still welcoming any contributions from readers who wish to help out with the coverage of this avalanche of elections by submitting guest posts...