Nigeria: Hey, at least Goodluck is trying!
Article HEREPresident Goodluck Jonathan has promised to create infrastructure and improve the lives of people in the Northeast area of Nigeria. Nigeria is famous for its extremely poor human rights ratings and extremely low amount of infrastructure in the country, and with an influx of recent terrorist attacks Jonathan is trying to do all he can to improve his nation in some way.Nigeria of late is
Indian dowry deaths- tradition or murder?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/02/world/asia/indian-burned-alive-dowry/Annu Devi, a twenty-two year old Indian woman was one of many married women who have died from burns inflicted upon them by their relatives. Although Dowry is not permitted under Indian law, most families of the groom expect expensive "gifts" to be given to them upon marriage. If they are unsuitable or if the bride does n
Venezuela: "No to Cubanization"
Protesters gather in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, enraged at the Cuban government. Why? They contend that their government and leader, Raul Castro, leeched off Venezuela's oil wealth, united a brand of socialism onto their country, and choreographed a broad crackdown on dissent.After the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's longtime president and Fidel Castro's foreign ally, there has been a lo
Protests in Taipei
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26809066Just recently the Taiwanese government has made a trade agreement with China that has caused massive protests in Taiwan's capital of Taipei. Protestors are claiming that the trade agreement would leave Taiwan open to Chinese pressure and would hurt small businesses and job opportunities in Taiwan. Many of the protestors also believe, as stated by the camp
Russian and American Diplomacy Talks Have No Progress
On Sunday, Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry met to discuss the situation regarding Ukraine. No progress was made, as they two promised to "continue discussions" over the Crimean crisis. there was no true breakthrough, as Russia has not committed to removing the 40,000 troops that are surrounding Ukraine's border.Progress was made over securing the lingu
GAHH! Argentina is so frustrated!...
...with their soaring prices. An increase in prices occurred following a 19% devaluation in January of Argentina's currency, the peso. Argentinean residents are trying to cope with one of the world's highest inflation rates, fueling social unrest, including a strike by schoolteachers and police sit-ins that led to widespread looting. Last year, Argentinians endured price rises of nearly 30%, accor
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Brazil's attempts to clean up the streets Brazil is set to host the upcoming World Cup and the 2016 World Olympics. However in an attempt to prepare for these upcoming world events an initiative began in 2008 to clean up their Favelas. However a lot of the areas that have been pacified started to spout violence, once again housing firefights and murders of officers. These dug trafficking str
Rwandan Genocide Refugees Headed For Sweden
It is astonishing to think that there are still people being affected by the Rwandan genocide every day, twenty years later. Many refugees of the genocide have been living in Uganda after seeking refuge from Rwanda in 1994 and now, 2,000 are being relocated, this time to Sweden. Having lived in Uganda since the early nineties, the refugees would expect to have received their Ugandan citizenship at
What's the point?
Being part of the Chinese government must be so embarrassing... Always attacking their own citizens, always sticking their noses where they don't belong, always claiming what's not theirs like school children fighting over crayons.http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/30/us-philippines-china-reef-idUSBREA2T0H320140330 And now, chasing around a Philippine transport vessel like a dog after
Switzerland's actions breaking its stand on neutrality?
In a statement, on Friday, Russia singled out Switzerland and criticized their measures taken to punish Moscow for the "illegal annexation" of Crimea, Ukraine. The Russian foreign ministry claimed the Swiss reaction of putting travel restrictions on Russian government officials was “unjustified and counterproductive.” Russians claimed the restrictions were part of a “prejudiced point of
Fighting Fascism in Sweden
On March 16, people swarmed for a demonstration at Malmo's Mollevangstorget to protest the recent increase of fascism. Tensions were high since the stabbing of a 25-year-old man, which left him critically injured and recovering in the hospital after a different demonstration where he engaged in a fight. The Party of the Swedes (SvP) issued a statement where they take responsibility for the in
Iran: No end in sight
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/world/middleeast/cut-in-energy-subsidies-iran.htmlIran has had a declining economy for quite some time now as a result of years of mismanagement and detrimental economic sanctions that have gradually sucked the economy dry. The economy has been dead, lying lifeless and comatose, and the Iranian people have been drowning in their economically deprived nation just h
Turkey blocks YouTube days after Twitter crackdown
The Turkish government banned YouTube on Thursday, less than a week after Ankara made a smiler blackout of the social networking site Twitter. Ankara accuses social media platforms of being used to spread false information. The reasons for the YouTube crackdown are due to a major breach of Turkish national security. The Turkish government said its YouTube block came as a response to the leak
Rand Has No Plan On Iran So I Ran
2016 is officially in the cross hairs for ambitious politicians on both sides of the isle. Which can only mean one thing.It's flip flopping season.For those of you wondering flip flopping season is that magical part of a four year cycle when even the most experienced and public ally recorded elected officials spend long hours with trusted friends and family and religious officials and childhood li
How Pakistan Succumbed to a Drug Epidemic
Pakistan is reeling from an epidemic of drug abuse. In 2013, 6.7 million people in Pakistan used illicit substances, of which 4.25 million are considered drug dependent. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), more than 800,000 Pakistanis between the age of 15 and 64 use heroin regularly. About 44 tons of processed heroin are annually consumed in Pakistan. In addition,
a tribute to the Monty Python sketch, "Ministry of Silly Walks"
In an attempt to provide something fairly more lighthearted than normal world events, and, since I will be co-representing the country fairly soon, here's a little news from a small town in Norway.A "Silly Walk" sign was put up in Ørje near the Swedish border as a tribute to the Monty Python sketch, "Ministry of Silly Walks"--but officials found it, well, not silly. While the s
Fun with North Korea: "Mind Your Own Busniness"
(This post will be written in the style of Dick and Jane books to reflect the mental age of Kim Jung Un) See Democratic People's Republic of North Korea. See Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un. Un sends So Se Pyong to U.N. Human Rights Council. Un questions So about human rights."What are human rights?" says Un."Some Pleb problem." says So.See So at U.N. Human Rights Council. Other co
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 3-29-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Taliban AttacksToday, Friday the 28th, The Taliban attacked a guesthouse in Afghanistan’s used by foreigners; people working for the Roots of Peace, a U.S. aid organization whose offices are in the building. The attack took place as a suicide explosion taking place inside a car, then three others then stormed the building and held inside the five people -- th