Oligarchy
Oligarchy occupies a curious place in the political vocabulary. While oligarchies are largely predominant economic, social, and political life, few ruling groups would publicly use this word...
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Here in the United States of America there is one group of people who have the top jobs, they make the most money, and run the country so they benefit for the changes they make while others in the cou...
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Roman Catholic leaders said Saturday they are worried about President Hugo Chavez's plans to rewrite the constitution, and said he has no right to insult priests who publicly disagree with him.Chav...
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Panama's legislature ratified a free trade agreement with the United States on Wednesday amid protests by hundreds of leftists and farmers opposed to the deal.The National Assembly's approval of th...
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Poland's parliament voted to dissolve itself Friday, forcing an election that the government had sought to end persistent political turbulence. President Lech Kaczynski set the vote for Oct. 21, tw...
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is considering a major Cabinet reshuffle soon, the first since he ascended to the throne of the oil-rich kingdom, diplomats and Saudi media said Monday.The reshuffle m...
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President Hugo Chavez has claimed that a right-wing conspiracy led by Washington is out to demonize his government for forcing an opposition TV channel off the air.The government refused to renew t...
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Honda, Hershey's and other multinational companies temporarily shut down their factories in western Mexico on Wednesday after rebels attacked a key natural gas pipeline.The small, left-wing guerril...
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Warsaw (dpa) - On the campaign trail ahead of Poland's October 21
snap general election, Poland's conservative-nationalist Law and
Justice (PiS) Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kac...
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San Jose, Costa Rica (dpa) - Costa Ricans voted Sunday in favour
of ratifying the United States-Central America Free Trade Agreement
(CAFTA), according to preliminary result...
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LA PAZ (Reuters) - Opposition leaders who control
six of Bolivia's nine provinces called a general strike for
Wednesday in their latest protest against efforts by leftist
President Evo Morales to ...
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Democracy: In the wake of communism and gangsterism, one might expect Russians to be cynical about democracy. But a weekend crackdown on Russia's most serious democrats suggests they have a lot of ...
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