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Mo money mo problems: Venezuela edition

Look at all of those $1 and $5 (and $2?) bills! It's a bold statement from the 14-year-old daughter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. But Venezuelans aren't exactly finding Rosinés Chávez's antics cute. This week, Rosinés posted the picture...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 10:31 AM by FP Passport

Is there anything we need on the moon?

Newt Gingrich has been the target of a lot of mockery for his space policy speech yesterday, during which he pledged to establish a permanent U.S. lunar base by the end of his second term. The idea may seem a bit out of place in a campaign that has been...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 12:06 PM by FP Passport

Postmortem: Egypt's parliamentary election

Egypt's parliamentary elections went off today basically as expected, with vote buying , voter intimidation and fraud the norm across the country despite protests. What will change in Egypt as a result of today's parliamentary election? Probably...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 11:28 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Egypt, Arab World

Sex tape roils India politics

From yesterday's wires , a lede that should never have been written: The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women. Here is a photograph...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 8:05 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: India

Are Fears of Islamist Terrorism in Canada Coming True?

Former Rwandan Official Worries That Kagame's Administration is Backsliding into Mass Murder

Yemen's president warns of a civil war 'worse than Afghanistan'

Yemen's President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi warned in an interview Saturday that his country, still reeling from the popular uprising that ousted his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh, risks a descent into a civil war "worse than Afghanistan"...

Published Sat, Sep 29 2012 11:37 AM by FP Passport

Meet the Female Terrorists Keeping Putin Up at Night

It's the (wo)man hunt of the century. Russian officials, increasingly fearful of a terror attack during the upcoming Sochi Olympics, are scouring the city for a potential female suicide bomber who is thought to already be in the winter resort. Ruzanna...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 6:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Security, Russia, Caucasus

How an Oral History Project Got the Head of Sinn Fein Arrested

The Justice Department subpoena arrived in May of 2011. Ten years had passed since the Boston College Belfast Project began collecting interviews from members of loyalist and republican militias during the dark period of Northern Ireland's Troubles...

Published Fri, May 02 2014 3:46 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, North America, History, Peace

The 2013 Failed States Index - Interactive Map and Rankings

The Tragic, Mostly Forgotten Story of the Other Ethnic Group Slaughtered in Rwanda

Twenty years after the Rwandan genocide, the general summary of the event is well known: Extremist Hutus slaughtered Tutsis wherever they found them, and some 800,000 people died. A clause is often added to this basic outline, noting that moderate Hutus...

Published Mon, Apr 07 2014 11:46 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Justice, Human Rights, Race/Ethnicity

Is Palau now America's most dependable ally?

Only two countries supported the United States in a U.N. General Assembly vote condemning the embargo on Cuba yesterday: Israel (not exactly a surprise) and Palau. While these votes do little more than force commentators to write that "virtually...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 8:56 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Diplomacy, Pacific

Lessons Learned from Kenya’s Election - By Kristin M. Lord and Jacqueline Wilson

Kenya’s general election wasn’t perfect -- but it was peaceful. Here’s why. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 19 2013 8:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Africa, Drugs & Crime, Politics, Foreign Aid, Economics, International Organizations, Default, Free, Web Exclusive, Democracy, Argument, Democracy Lab, Democracy Lab Top Story

Anonymous targets the Zetas

A recently discovered video from online hacker group, Anonymous, has threatened to expose collaborators of the Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel in retaliation for the kidnapping one of a member of the online collective. The video claimed that they would...

Published Mon, Oct 31 2011 3:28 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption, Latin America, Internet, Mexico

The Delicate Art of Managing an Authoritarian Protest

Ever since China planted an oil rig in a disputed area of the South China Sea in early May, the leaders of Vietnam have been searching for leverage against their giant northern neighbor, which shows no signs of retreating. One sign that they may be getting...

Published Tue, May 13 2014 11:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, International Relations, Southeast Asia, Vietnam