Mass
protests continue in the Russian Federation
and in Hong Kong, the territory
of Communist China China
had promised after reversion from the United Kingdom in 1997. Both Russia
and China
have violated the freedom of peaceful assembly with mass arrests of protesters
and with violence.
Venezuela
The Socialist dictatorship ended the talks earlier this month with the democratic opposition that were being mediated by Norway. The leader of the opposition of the elected national assembly had invoked the constitution to declare himself interim president and has been recognized by dozens of countries, including the United States, several Latin American and Western States.
The
Sudanese military government and the democratic opposition yesterday signed the
agreement for a transitional government leading to elections that they had
reached earlier this month.
The Italian
Senate rejected the motion by the ruling far-right anti-migrant pro-Vladimir
Putin party of no-confidence in the Prime Minister last week, with the
center-left joining the anti-establishment populists who lead the governing
coalition. The two main center-right
parties voted for no-confidence.
Therefore, the 15-month government continues. The Trumpist far-right populist party, which
is the junior partner in the Government coalition, had cited disagreement with
the anti-establishment populists, but polls have suggested a plurality of
support for the far-right, leading to the strategic decision to try to
capitalize on the surge in popularity with snap elections. Either the two ruling parties will have to establish
a new executive with a new agreement, or the center-left party and the anti-establishment
populists, who had left-of-center positions prior to pairing up with the
far-right party, will have to overcome their considerable differences. The populists oppose the endemic corruption
and they have gone along with the xenophobic policies of their coalition
partners.
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