Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 12, 2014

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Protests Rage In Venezuela, One Month On -- Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN

(CNN) -- It's been a month since violent clashes between opposition demonstrators and government forces in Venezuela first grabbed global attention.

Since then, at least 23 people have been killed, according to the latest government tally. The tally did not specify whether the deaths occurred among demonstrators or government forces, or both.

Protests rage on, and demonstrators show no sign of backing down.

Medical sources at a hospital in Venezuela's Carabobo state said a student protester was killed in clashes there Wednesday. State media accused violent right-wing groups of attacking a worker's march there.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Combating extremism and terrorism is top priority for Syria -- Alexander Yakovenko, RT

In Libya and Yemen, tribes with flags -- Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star

In Turkey, teen's funeral becomes latest spark for antigovernment protests -- Alexander Christie-Miller, Christian Science Monitor

Don’t write off Karzai -- Imtiaz Gul, Express Tribune

Libya's oil: a source of further tension? -- Insider Story/Al Jazeera

Slow-Motion Anschluss: Putin refines an old totalitarian tactic. -- George Weigel, NRO

Turchynov: Soviet ‘resurrection’ has failed -- Anthony Zurcher, BBC

Toward a Scottish Solution for Crimea -- Thomas Dw Waal, WSJ

Germany's Crystal Meth Pandemic -- Anna Kistner, Spiegel Online

The End of the Latin-American Dictatorship is Nigh Is the age of the Latin American dictator over? -- Enrique Krauze, New Republic

Venezuela: As protests grow more violent, should neighbors weigh in? -- Sibylla Brodzinsky, Christian Science Monitor

1 comment:

Don Bacon said...

Has Victoria Nuland been spotted in Caracas?