Argentina: Farmers’ Strike Continues

By Larry Habegger | June 19th, 2008 |

Some 2,000 demonstrators protested in front of the presidential residence outside Buenos Aires June 16 to demand that the government resume negotiations with striking farmers who have been blocking highways... [Read this entry]

Argentina: Farmers May Block Roads Again

By Larry Habegger | May 1st, 2008 |

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For three weeks in March irate farmers blockaded roads and cut off meat and grain supplies to supermarkets in major cities, including Buenos Aires, but called off their protests when... [Read this entry]

China and Tibet: Lockdown in Lhasa; Interpol Worries about Attacks in Beijing

By Larry Habegger | May 1st, 2008 |

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The Chinese government announced a lockdown on the Tibetan capital of Lhasa from May 1 to June 20 to prevent any disruption of the Olympic torch parade through Tibet. Residents... [Read this entry]

Zimbabwe: Election Dispute Has Country on Edge

By Larry Habegger | April 10th, 2008 |

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Zimbabwe has teetered on the brink of political disintegration for months and is now in an acute crisis following national elections in which the opposition appears to have won both... [Read this entry]

China/Tibet: Tensions Remain High in Lhasa

By Larry Habegger | April 2nd, 2008 |

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Facing international censure over its repression of dissent in Tibet and in heavily Tibetan areas of Gansu province, the Chinese government is doing its best to blame the recent protests... [Read this entry]

Armenia: Yerevan State of Emergency Lifted

By Larry Habegger | March 26th, 2008 |

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The government ended the state of emergency it imposed on Yerevan March 1 when it broke up a week of mass protests over a disputed presidential election. More than 100... [Read this entry]

Tibet: Tight Security in Lhasa

By Larry Habegger | March 20th, 2008 |

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Rioting occurred in Lhasa after several days of peaceful marches to mark the 49th anniversary of the failed uprising against Chinese rule and the Dalai Lama’s exile. Chinese security forces... [Read this entry]

Armenia: State of Emergency in Yerevan

By Larry Habegger | March 6th, 2008 |

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Authorities declared a 20-day state of emergency in Yerevan March 1 following a violent clash between protesters and police in which eight people died and more than 130 were injured.... [Read this entry]

Kenya: Violence Prompts Peace Corps to Suspend Operations

By Larry Habegger | February 7th, 2008 |

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Ongoing post-election violence that has often become ethnic prompted the U.S. Peace Corps to suspend its operations in Kenya. The Peace Corps announced the decision Feb. 5 to withdraw its... [Read this entry]

Kenya: Political Crisis, Violence Continue

By Larry Habegger | January 30th, 2008 |

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Violence stemming from Kenya’s disputed presidential election continued to plague the country, especially in the Rift Valley. Naivasha, a town popular with tourists and expatriates just 55 miles northwest of... [Read this entry]

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