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In addition to the massive earthquakes that struck Haiti and Chile, the region has also been shaken by a hunger-strike death in Cuba and a growing crackdown on human rights and
opposition
in Venezuela.
Aushev, a leading Ingushetian
opposition
activist and journalist, ran an influential local news Web site after Magomed Yevloev was shot dead in police custody in 2008.
In the end, while a loose
opposition
coalition of pro-reform ex-MP’s, Islamists, and liberals gained a majority of the National Assembly’s 50 seats, no woman won.
What is really limiting private infrastructure investment is, to some extent, public
opposition
to the private ownership of public assets and, mainly, impediments to matching private capital with infrastructure opportunities.
The Changing Climate on Climate ChangeOSLO – In the early 1990s, when I was Prime Minister of Norway, I once found myself debating sustainable development with an
opposition
leader who insisted that I tell him the government’s single most important priority in that field.
Iran currently applies the same policy considerations to Iraq and Afghanistan, despite its
opposition
to the US-led invasions of these countries.
The major
opposition
candidates – Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Patrick Utomi of the African Democratic Party (ADP), Atiku Abubakar of the Action Congress (AC), and Orji Uzor Kalu of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) – reject the results and are calling on Nigerians to protest peacefully.
Obasanjo retains the backing of the army, some of whose members openly participated in stuffing ballot boxes and intimidating the
opposition.
By failing to reach out meaningfully to the Tamil-speaking minority, and by cracking down on
opposition
voices and any kind of dissent in Sri Lanka, the government is throwing away a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
These victories create an opportunity for the government to reach out to the
opposition
and to minority groups to build a truly inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka, but this has not yet happened.
The Swiss public was so convinced of the benefits of heroin-assisted therapy that, in two nationwide votes, voters endorsed the policy, despite domestic political
opposition
and criticism from the International Narcotics Control Board.
If and when it becomes evident that hardliners in Iran – not America – are the chief impediment to better relations, internal elite and popular
opposition
could build, and potentially large, unpredictable cleavages could be created within the Iranian political system.
Pundits argued that if the Republicans resisted reform, they would lose the Latino vote for the next generation, relegating their party to near-permanent
opposition
status.
The price hikes are so damaging that the entire
opposition
united behind a law to bring tariffs back to their November 2017 levels.
In Mexico, for example, liberalization of elections expanded the
opposition'
s representation in parliament, ending domination of the executive over legislation and policy.
In some countries - say, Nicaragua and El Salvador - economies had so worsened that nearly all business people joined in
opposition
to the status quo, though disagreements existed about future goals.
According to Hernan Buchi, an architect of Chile's economic reforms, some of the strongest
opposition
came from government-owned enterprises and firms engaged in business with the government.
In India, although economic policy changes have been made, state-level government officials need to be convinced that reforms benefit their communities before they drop entrenched
opposition.
The parliamentary
opposition
urged Prime Minister Monmahan Singh, who wisely kept his head down, to join in the populist America-bashing.
Both have had to expend a great deal of political capital, confronting domestic nationalist forces and facing down no-confidence motions spearheaded by
opposition
parties.
Clearly, this expansion of civil society's operating arena may even turn into open
opposition
to Syria's rulers.
The service contains an electronic newsletter that includes Syria-related reports and articles gathered from a variety of sources, often including comments by
opposition
figures at home and abroad.
In its way, All4Syria has provided an indirect conduit for dialogue between government and opposition, which may not have taken place otherwise.
A couple of well-known
opposition
politicians, a chief minister and a federal cabinet minister of the previous pro-Musharraf government, were publicly thrashed, raising doubts about government control over law and order in the country.
Putin has been vocal about his
opposition
to NATO policies – particularly its role in countries bordering Russia.
But as Imperial Russia expanded westward and southward, it always encountered opposition, and had to use force to keep newly acquired territories within its domain.
A breakthrough of sorts may have come this past weekend when, after vetoing three previous resolutions, Russia finally agreed with Western and Arab-backed calls for Syria’s government and
opposition
forces to provide immediate access to humanitarian aid.
Opposition
to the EU is not new; nor are nationalist parties.
Political
opposition
groups do not attract public support, which makes it easy for the government to suppress them.
After all, those Russians who do consider the political context are immediately confronted with grim reality: The regime has gutted all opposition, not least by stoking fear of being labeled an “extremist.”
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