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| Argentina
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Argentina will see a series of elections in the coming months. Provincial elections have already begun in Catamarca, Chubut and Salta. The presidential elections in October will be the culmination of an intense political process. This will include high-profile elections in the Federal Capital of Buenos Aires, in July, that will surely go to a second round. Then there will be compulsory primaries in August to weed out minority candidates – parties with less than the high threshold set by the new electoral law will be eliminated from the electoral race. -> read article... |
| Sri Lanka
Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri LankaIn February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character. -> read article... |
| Israeli State
Globalised Israel: The Rules Have ChangedWe have reproduced here substantial extracts from the translation of an article, " Post Zionist Israel : The Rules Have Changed ", from No 106 of the review Challenge, November-December 2007. The article itself was adapted from a paper discussed at the annual seminar of the Organization for Democratic Action, October 2007. This review, Challenge, together with Al Sabar (in Arabic) and Etgar (in Hebrew), is part of a Jewish-Arab network in response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -> read article... |
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