The Future of Poland: Presidential Elections This Weekend
Last Sunday, acting president Bronislaw Komorowski of the centrist Civic Platform Party won the first round of Poland’s presidential election with 41.2 percent of the vote. Defeating the national conservative Law and Justice Party’s candidate Jaroslaw Kaczynski (the twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczynski), Komorowski must now prepare for a runoff election as [...]
Honduras Readmitted to OAS?
During the first meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) since the suspension of Honduras’ membership, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally urged the organization to reinstate Honduras as a full member. Because of the commitment to democratic government demonstrated by recently-elected President Porfirio Lobo, Clinton entered the OAS conference prepared to embrace [...]
