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Cuba: Courting Change

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“There are a good number of ministers still under sixty, but the largest share of power is concentrated in the hands of septuagenarians and octogenarians”: Cuba's Generation Y suggests these veterans are unable “to hear the new generation knocking at the door, coming like a whi ...

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Barbados: Crunch Time

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“Barbadians have become alarmed at the prospect of having its investment paper perched at the brink of junk rating, a status most unfamiliar to Barbadians through the years”: Barbados Underground says it's economic “crunch time”!

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Barbados, Jamaica: Corruption Perception

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

The 2009 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index is out and although Living in Barbados always takes the results “with a pinch of salt”, he notes that “greasing palms is unfortunately seen as a part of doing business worldwide.”

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Ukraine: News and Views Roundup

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 17/11/2009

Ukraine roundup: flu and politics - at What's Up, Ukraine? and at Jamestown Foundation Blog, here and here; the latest on the tense relationship between the Ukrainian president and PM - at Ukrainiana, as well as two posts - here and here - on one of the 18 presidential candidates, Vasyl Protyvsi ...

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Czech Republic, Slovakia: Velvet Revolution, 20 Years On

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 17/11/2009

On Nov. 17, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, and The Czech Daily Word lists “most frequent stupid arguments and errors” of those who believe that “the era of communism was better than the post-revolution times.”

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