Sunday, March 31, 2019

Foreign Digest: Thailand, Venezuela and Lithuania


Thailand
            In a surprise, the opposition won the parliamentary elections in Thailand last week over the party of the military junta that has ruled for the last five years since taking over in a coup d’etat.  The party of a controversial former Prime Minister won the most seats.  It is hoped that Thailand will have a peaceful transition back to representative government.

Venezuela
            There were arrests last week by the Socialist dictatorship of the staff of the leader of the democratic opposition in the national assembly who had invoked a constitutional provision to proclaim himself president, Juan Guaido.  There have been more blackouts and more protests, which, as usual, were met with violence by the regime.  Meanwhile, the Russian Federation is sending troops to Venezuela.  The authoritarian regime of Vladimir Putin backs fellow authoritarians, especially anti-American ones.  

Lithuania
           The former Soviet Defense Minister was convicted in abstentia in a court in Lithuania for his role in the USSR’s bloody attempt to thwart Lithuania’s independence in 1991. 

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