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posted on by Angelo Balito
University of the Philippines, Diliman Tagged With: Duterte, Philippine politics, Philippines, populism
In 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential election with an astonishing 16 million votes beating the other four challengers. Despite his rape jokes, death threats, and various obscenities during …
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posted on by Gelen Emil Turano
University of the Philippines, Diliman Tagged With: COVID-19, Democratic Erosion, Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic is probably the greatest shock of the century. To slow down the spread of the virus, the only options were to restrict movement and pause economic activities. In the Philippines, …
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posted on by Heavyn Johnson
Georgia State University Perimeter College Tagged With: Conflict, Israel, Palestine
Since the 1967 War Israel has had control over the West Bank and the Palestinian community that resides within it. Due to the lack of civil liberties and human rights for Palestinian people the West …
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posted on by Donnell Suggs
Democratic roots of Argentina Argentina today has in my opinion a very volatile democracy history; they are a federal constitutional republic with a representative democracy. Argentina has been a …
posted on by Lauren Randall
El Salvador has had a difficult history when it comes to obtaining democracy in the country. They have been at the hands of multiple oppressive regimes since their independence and the first dictator …
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posted on by Erin Porter
Nigeria's connection with democracy has had the same exact makeup of a bad relationship. In the year of 1959 elections were held under the adopted “Westminster'' model of democracy but the country did …
