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Elections in Brazil and the US Intelligence Community

15:00 07.10.2010 Nil Nikandrov

Elections in Brazil and the US Intelligence Community

It seemed suspicious recently that Washington which tends to denigrate the “immature” democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean without restraint made serious efforts to demonstrate respect for Brazil. G. Bush's Administration bracketed as “immature” the Latin American states with populist regimes and, generally, any countries showing a measure of …

US Dollar vs. Yuan: Reasons Behind the Conflict

15:00 06.10.2010 Alexander Salitsky

US Dollar vs. Yuan: Reasons Behind the Conflict

Debates between the US and China over the valuation of the yuan are currently gathering momentum. A new campaign of pressure on Beijing is initiated by the US Congress which proposed a bill authorizing the government to slap duties on China's imports based on the view that the yuan is …

Collapse of the Alliance for European Integration

15:00 05.10.2010 Marian Lupu

Collapse of the Alliance for European Integration

Interview with the Democrat Party leader 1. From your perspective, what is the current state of the relations between Russia and Moldova? In the context, what can you say about the agreement of cooperation between the United Russia party and Moldova's Democrat Party? In my view, at the moment the …

Ecuador Coup Attempt Engineered by the CIA

15:00 04.10.2010 Nil Nikandrov

Ecuador Coup Attempt Engineered by the CIA

Ecuador's police forces played the key role in the coup attempt which shattered the country on September 30. The passing of a law affecting the police officers' bonuses and job benefits became a pretext for the rebellion which erupted in the capital city of Quito and the Guayquil seaport town. …

China: Modernization Goes On

15:00 30.09.2010 Alexander Salitsky

China: Modernization Goes On

The 61th anniversary of the Chinese Republic is celebrated in Beijing rather modestly. The country is preoccupied with its current tasks as it faces reemerging inflation, unemployment, excessively fast urbanization, and unrestrained energy consumption. Nevertheless, it is clear that China manages to sustain its exceptional growth and that its march …

What the Future Holds for Venezuela Following the Elections

15:00 29.09.2010 Nil Nikandrov

What the Future Holds for Venezuela Following the Elections

According to the finalized official count, the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) led by president Hugo Chavez won 98 of the 165 seats in the country's parliament, the result achieved by the opposition represented by the Coalition for Democratic Unity (MUD) being 65 seats. Chavez used to express …

Boomerang of terror comes back to France

15:00 29.09.2010 Pyotr Iskenderov

Boomerang of terror comes back to France

Life in France came to a standstill amid report of new threats. The country’s interior minister Brice Hortefeux has urged to raise terror alert level. The French national police director Frederic Pechenard confirmed that new threats were very likely and named public transport among the most probable objects for attacks. …

The Interlocking of Drug Business, Corruption, and Politics

15:00 24.09.2010 Alexander Barentsev

The Interlocking of Drug Business, Corruption, and Politics

A handful of the world's countries are responsible for most of the global drug output (cannabis is the only narcotic culture which has practically unlimited tolerance to climate conditions and can be cultivated in the majority of geographic zones). The Andean Belt countries – Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia – supply …

Referendum in Turkey and US-Made Sufism

15:00 22.09.2010 Leonid Savin

Referendum in Turkey and US-Made Sufism

Turkey's September 12 referendum dealt a sever blow to the positions of secularists in the country. Recep Erdogan's Justice and Development Party secured the support of 58% of the voters for its reform aimed at making the military – the part of the society that has for decades guaranteed the …

Brazil hates to say good-bye to Lula

15:00 21.09.2010 Nil Nikandrov

Brazil hates to say good-bye to Lula

On October 3 the presidential election will be held in Brazil. The current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is completing his second presidential term with an unusually high rating: 81.4%. After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1985 no other Brazilian president could boast such popularity. The main …

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