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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why This Week’s Coup in Burkina Faso Might Not Last
Forces close to the deposed former president have seized power — but the country's civil society is rising to its feet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Tunisia, a New Reconciliation Law Stokes Protest and Conflict Instead
The law's backers say it will help the country move on. Its opponents say corrupt officials will get off scot-free. One thing's for sure: There's little reconciliation to be had.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s Most Famous Dissident Gets 13 Years
The outcome of Leopoldo López's trial is even worse than his supporters feared. But President Maduro's victory may be short-lived.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Venezuelan President’s Birther Problem
President Maduro has been expelling Colombian migrants from Venezuela. But was he once one of them?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Blow to the Heart of Ukrainian Democracy
Monday's grenade attack in Kiev has upended Ukrainian politics -- with unpredictable consequences.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Colombians Are Paying to Save the Venezuelan Regime
Venezuelan President Maduro is driving out Colombians by the hundreds to prop up his faltering rule.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s Opposition Has Two Big Problems
The Venezuelan opposition is up in the polls. But beware: That support can be easily lost.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Burma’s Opposition Ready for the Post-Aung San Suu Kyi Era?
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been burning bridges to her old allies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tunisia’s New Anti-Terrorism Law Worries Activists
Tunisian lawmakers have responded to the recent rash of terrorist attacks by passing a tough new law. But does it go too far?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Surprise! Ukraine Loves NATO
Once hostile, then skeptical, Ukrainians are now ready to embrace the western military alliance.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Qaddafi Supporters Reemerge in a Disillusioned Libya
In a country wracked by war and dysfunction, memories of the old dictatorship are starting to take on a rosy hue.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Venezuela, Election Monitoring With a Wink and a Nod
Elections are coming in Venezuela — and President Maduro wants a friendly team from UNASUR to be the only observers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ukraine Tells Depardieu to Get Lost
After cavorting with Putin in Moscow, Kadyrov in Chechnya, and Lukashenko in Minsk, Gérard Depardieu has finally pushed Ukraine's patience to the limit.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vote-Buying Cheapens Ukraine’s New Democracy
Ukraine's politicians know their voters are poor -- and they're not above exploiting that fact.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s Marked Woman
Maria Corina Machado has been barred from office. This is just the latest of the regime's attacks against her -- but she won't go without a fight.
