I have been posting in recent months or weeks about protests
in Venezuela , Nicaragua , Sudan
and Russia
against authoritarianism or corruption.
The demonstrations have been deadly in the first three States because of
government oppression, as none of them tolerate the freedom to assemble
peacefully, although, after mush bloodshed at the hands of the regime, Nicaragua ’s
Marxist Sandinista government is offering mediation.
I post now to observe that there
have also recently been protests against authoritarianism in Croatia, against
corruption in Albania, against corruption and the cost of living in Haiti and
against the candidacy for a fifth term for the old and ailing President of
Algeria. As I had posted about several
protests last year, both authoritarian and corruption, which often go
hand-in-hand, have been themes of demonstrations around the world.
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