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Power Shifts To A Final Musical Act — On This Day In History January 30

The rise to power of a dictator, the assassination of one of India’s most influential figures and the final performance of an iconic British band.

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Nicaragua 2021 vs. Venezuela 2024: A Tale Of Two Frauds And Contrasting Outcomes

Venezuela’s elections this year took a very different course than Nicaragua’s in 2021. In both Latin American countries, an authoritarian leader wanted to stay in power and committed electoral fraud to do so. But in Venezuela, the opposition was able to create resistance to Nicolás Maduro.

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Death Of Ismail Kadaré, Preserving The Memory Of Dictatorship

The Albanian writer has died at the age of 88, after a life challenging, and occasionally acquiescing, the whims of the regime.

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Inside The Houthi’s Method For Controlling Women, Iranian-Style

Using the methods of the Islamic regime in Tehran, the Yemeni fundamentalist insurgents have imposed repressive laws to control women’s movement and behavior.

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