With an apparent coup taking place in Tunisia, it’s worth stepping back and understanding how we got to this point. Nick Baumann has a good primer. So let’s break it down. Tunisia is a repressive Muslim North African country ruled under a dictatorship since 1956. The suicide of a young produce seller with a university [...]

Today the Honduran regime and ousted former President Mel Zelaya struck a deal which would potentially return Zelaya to power briefly, if the Congress decided in his favor, and which would allow the upcoming elections to go through. It’s a victory for the diplomatic position of the OAS and the Obama Administration, who consistently sought [...]