In late May, Samoan prime minister Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa's proposed budget failed to pass parliament, leading to her to call for a snap election on Aug. 29th. Mata'afa was.
It seems pretty clear at this point that Mexico is the major country in the world today where the "left populist" electoral formula has been highly successful. To say that.
Two countries to the West of Suriname, a second election is taking place today. Venezuela is holding an election for their national assembly. Unlike Suriname's messy democracy, there's nothing democratic.
A few days before Christmas, in a hideout deep somewhere in the jungles of the Copi Nature Reserve in Northeaster Suriname, a fugitive of justice and Suriname's most wanted man,.
This weekend is the runoff for presidential election in Romania. I covered the first round here. The outcome was quite grim; right-populist George Simion secured 41% of the vote, with.
Back in 2023, Donald Tusk led a broad coalition that managed to do what opposition coalitions in Hungary and Turkey could not: defeat and replace an illiberal, de-democratizing hyper-nationalist party.
(Note: no hyperlinks here because the blogging site is being weird and not letting me add them properly. Will update tomorrow if I can) Before diving in, a quick book.
In the mid-19th century, the Papal States--those portions of Italy under direct political control of the Catholic Church--made up roughly a third of the future Italian State's territory. Political control.
