Most of the news on Venezuela in the week since the April 14 presidential election focused on the efforts of losing candidate Henrique Capriles to challenge the results. But another campaign, based in Washington, was quite revealing 鈥 and the two were most definitely related.
Without Washington's strong support 鈥 the first time it had refused to recognise a Venezuelan election result 鈥 it is unlikely that Capriles would have joined the hardcore elements of his camp in pretending the election was stolen.
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It must be great to have the ability to simply declare people you don't like 鈥渋llegal鈥. This is the Liberals鈥 response to 鈥渂oat people鈥.
I get that the Liberals hate dark-skinned foreigners with the gall to arrive at our borders and ask for asylum rather than staying where they belong, getting bombed by our military in Afghanistan or tortured by a regime we support in Sri Lanka.
But it actually takes more than simply hating something to make it illegal. You usually find it requires an actual law to be broken.
Three interesting pieces of information were released over the past week. Overall, they warn of a decline in women鈥檚 equality and in quality of life for the majority.
First, JP Morgan said women鈥檚 employment figures this year have sharply fallen from about 390,000 last year to less than 360,000 鈥 the drop is as sharp in rate (but not in overall numbers) as during the global financial crisis (GFC).
While there has been employment growth since the GFC first hit there has been an overall shift in hiring from full-time to part-time work.
The horrific bombing of runners and onlookers at the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts was a criminal act, which nothing can justify. The murderous attack must be condemned.
Children, adults and elderly were murdered and terribly injured. Limbs were torn off in the blasts. There were more amputations in the hospital. Of the over 280 injured, many were riddled with shrapnel.
The victims were from many nationalities, since the historic race attracts people from all over the world.
This live blog recorded some of the activities that took place as part of the at Yongah Hill Detention Centre, April 26-28.
members who visit refugees in the Yongah Hill Detention Centre every week have been denied the right to visit during the weekend of the .
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