13/07/2006 |
POLAND - PM's Surprise Resignation Sets Stage for New Polish Political Crisis
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
Poland’s Prime Minister, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, has resigned from his post after just nine months and will officially step down today (10 July). His departure opens the position up for Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, and the identical twin brother of President Lech Kaczynski. ...
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12/07/2006 |
Ukraine's Political Woes Deepen as New ''Anti-Crisis'' Coalition Formalised
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
Ukraine's new parliamentary speaker has formally announced the creation of a new "anti-crisis" coalition which has nominated the defeated presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych as its choice for prime minister; the move once again threatens to polarise Ukraine with the two main Orange parties demanding new elections, indicating that they will block parliament. ...
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12/07/2006 |
RUSSIA-Symbolic Blow for Chechen Rebels as Notorious Warlord Killed in Southern Russia
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
Shamil Basayev, Russia's public enemy No.1 and an icon for the Chechen rebel movement, has been killed in an explosion in the fractious republic of Ingushetia; his death is a major propaganda victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the G8 summit and may have an impact on the Chechen rebel group's ability to secure external funding, but will not signally alter the course of the conflict. ...
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11/07/2006 |
La guerra privada del señor Putin
Luis Ignacio Parada | ABC
En el mar Caspio hay unas reservas de 17.000 millones de barriles de petróleo y gas natural, equivalentes a todas las del mar del Norte. Eso representa, aproximadamente, un 15 por ciento de las reservas mundiales. ...
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11/07/2006 |
Otro golpe de Putin
El País Staff | El Pais (Es)
Como en los tópicos relatos de sobre el espionaje soviético, un espeso misterio -esperemos que sólo momentáneo- se cierne sobre la muerte del guerrillero checheno Shamil Basáyev. ...
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09/07/2006 |
MEXICO - Elecciones del 2006
Andrew Selee | El Universal
Las elecciones del 2006 fueron un duro revés para el PRI. Apenas ganó un poco más de una quinta parte del voto para Presidente y probablemente terminará con un poco más de una quinta parte de los escaños en la Cámara de Diputados y una cuarta parte de los Senadores. ...
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08/07/2006 |
Mexico: A warning to Lopez Obrador
Washington Times Editorial | Washington Times
The Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) announced on Thursday that National Action Party leader Felipe Calderon had won the presidential election by 243,000 votes. ...
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08/07/2006 |
México: Elecciones 1988 y 2006
Manuel Suárez-Mier | El Cato
Las elecciones presidenciales de 1988 en las que se declaró ganador a Carlos Salinas dejaron siempre dudas sobre su legitimidad pues la “caída del sistema” de cómputo a cargo de la tabulación de los votos planteó una incertidumbre grave respecto a la credibilidad del resultado oficial. ...
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08/07/2006 |
Bolivia: Referéndum y democracia
Marcelo Ostria | La Razón (Bo)
Una vez más hemos votado. Y por partida doble: para elegir a los miembros de una Asamblea Constituyente y para decidir entre un régimen centralista o uno que se base en autonomías de las regiones que conforman esta Bolivia diversa. ...
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07/07/2006 |
A very good thing for Mexico
Marcus Gee | Toronto Globe and Mail
The result was achingly close and the outcome might change in the next few days, but if the preliminary tally holds up Mexican voters have rejected the left-wing populism that has taken hold in other parts of Latin America -- and that is a very good thing. ...
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