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Vote beneath device in Venezuela election amid opposition boycott 0

Vote beneath device in Venezuela election amid opposition boycott

Venezuelans voted in an election widely expected to return incumbent President Nicolas Maduro to office amid an opposition boycott. Maduro, the widely unpopular political heir to the late leftist firebrand Hugo Chavez, has promised an « economic revolution » if re-elected on Sunday, having presided over an implosion of Venezuela’s once oil-rich economy since taking office in 2013.…

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Individuals have a constitutional steady to boycott Israel

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) concluded its annual policy conference last week with a lobbying day on Capitol Hill. High on its legislative agenda was advocating for bills that would penalise Americans for engaging in their First Amendment-protected right to boycott for Palestinian rights.  AIPAC conference attendees pressed their elected officials to support the Israel Anti-Boycott…

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Egyptian opposition requires boycott of ‘absurd’ ballot

A coalition of Egyptian opposition groups have called for an election boycott, calling the vote an « absurdity bordering on madness » after all serious candidates were either arrested or subjected to a campaign of intimidation. In a joint statement, eight Egyptian opposition parties and 150 pro-democracy public figures urged Egyptians to stay away from the March…