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  • He offers disturbing, fresh slants on the ruling party's control of TV news, the booming cocaine trade of Mexico's drug mafias, the rise of government-backed monopolies in key industries and the recent political assassinations that have weakened the ruling elite's credibility.

    What to Read on Mexican Politics 2009

  • He offers disturbing, fresh slants on the ruling party's control of TV news, the booming cocaine trade of Mexico's drug mafias, the rise of government-backed monopolies in key industries and the recent political assassinations that have weakened the ruling elite's credibility.

    What to Read on Mexican Politics 2009

  • Today Duvalier's henchmen have gone, but Haiti's poverty and its elite's indifference live on.

    Pius Kamau: Haiti's Latest Elections Pius Kamau 2011

  • Today Duvalier's henchmen have gone, but Haiti's poverty and its elite's indifference live on.

    Pius Kamau: Haiti's Latest Elections Pius Kamau 2011

  • Today Duvalier's henchmen have gone, but Haiti's poverty and its elite's indifference live on.

    Pius Kamau: Haiti's Latest Elections Pius Kamau 2011

  • Or at least the Christian Right elite's ability to select the value candidate has vanished.

    Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

  • Along with my 11-year-old daughter, I sat riveted and inspired as we witnessed a people's -- not a leader's or a ruling elite's -- peaceful revolution.

    Kristen Breitweiser: Rooting for Egypt Kristen Breitweiser 2011

  • I am reminded of William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech in 1896, when Bryan, a populist, objected to the wealthy Eastern financial elite's insistence on a gold standard.

    Get Ready For a Push to Return to the Gold Standard 2011

  • Or at least the Christian Right elite's ability to select the value candidate has vanished.

    Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

  • Today Duvalier's henchmen have gone, but Haiti's poverty and its elite's indifference live on.

    Pius Kamau: Haiti's Latest Elections Pius Kamau 2011

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