by Emelyn Rodriguez | Apr 16, 2021 | Ursinus College
The first Caribbean nation to earn independence is now struggling to preserve democracy. While the opposition screams for change, the president demands a longer term. During his five-year presidential term, the Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has declared war on the...
by Sarah Saintius | Apr 4, 2021 | Georgia State University
Protests in Haiti, 2020. Haiti has long been in a state of revolt, as far back as the colonial age. Since Haiti declared independence in 1804, the country has had no luck in maintaining a stable democracy. From funding militias of slave masters to embargoes from...
by Uros Ciric | Mar 31, 2021 | Georgia State University
In January of 2020, outgoing Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who had just lost a reelection campaign, was asked a question about Croatia’s corruption problem. The president pointed a finger at schools in Croatia saying, “Corruption is embedded in Croatian...
by Cetin Cetiner | Jan 15, 2021 | Koç University
Picture: Left to right; Matovic, Caputova, Fico. Retrieved from https://dam.nmhmedia.sk/image/3d7bd6a9-0365-4bef-969b-92c96faae26d_phpzrlvlq.jpg/1200/630 Slovakian democracy is young and has recent roots coming from the struggle of the 1989 revolution against the...
by Margo Baldwin | Dec 16, 2020 | James Madison University
Throughout 2020, Thailand has experienced mass protests over the dissatisfaction with the monarch and constitution. Many of these protestors include demands for the monarch of the resignation of the current Prime Minster, Prayut Chan-o-cha, and a revised constitution....
