Too often, the United Nations does not enforce the rights that have been agreed upon by member nations.
Omid Memarian | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
No matter what happens in the coming days, Obama should not congratulate Ahmadinejad for his victory. He did not win the election, he stole it.
Francisco Toro | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
1M was the day all the credibility was drained out of Venezuela's judicial system.
GlobalPost | Pascale Bonnefoy | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
SANTIAGO, Chile -- During Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, political prisoners were held in navy ships and stadiums, in office buildings and police st...
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 04.21.2009 | World
The message is clear: the Chávez government believes it has won impunity to act above the law, paid for with political capital won by majority vote.
Mental Floss | Stacy Conradt | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
1. Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of Benito Mussolini's son and his first wife, Anna Maria Scicolone (who also happened to be Sophia Loren's siste...
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics
During a Fox News segment, Cheney calmly claimed that the president is not bound by law during times of war. Allow that thought to sink in for a moment before continuing your day.
Lourenço Bustani | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
Brazil's dictatorial government lasted for over two decades, from 1964 to 1985, and it still remains a cloaked part of the country's history. But now more than 13,000 pages of documents have been made available to the public.
David Goldstein | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
We all remember George W. Bush's quip, but it appears that Sen. John McCain has similar aspirations.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
Despite claims of support for the advancement of democracy, the United States continues to support other African dictatorships that are as bad as or even worse than that of Zimbabwe.
Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 07.28.2009 | World