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the In- ternet and other digital media. In the wake of the col- lapse of the Soviet Union, communist governments in 8 EFTA00804732 Freedom House Eastern Europe, and military dictatorships elsewhere, there was an explosion of newspapers, radio and television stations, and other independent media with diver
inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- "We're not perfect. But we do have democracy." —Hugo Chavez "Yes, we falsified the last election.... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European resu
of the last century and into this one, many people assumed that history moves in only one direction. The tide of freedom had lifted East Asia and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and Indonesia. In an era of global trade and communications, the rest of the world surely would follow. Academics and thin
or and Venezuela, as well as Casablanca, Abbas reviewed troops with swords held high — nearly scraping the clouds in Caracas, where a cue-ball bald Hugo Chavez laid it on thick. (Abbas' aides credited him with EFTA00700299 coaxing the excitable Venezuelan away from Iran, and by extension Hamas, simply by
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igital media. In the wake of the col- lapse of the Soviet Union, communist governments in HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019242 --- PAGE BREAK --- Freedom House Eastern Europe, and military dictatorships elsewhere, there was an explosion of newspapers, radio and television stations, and other independent media with diverse
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019243 →inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- “We're not perfect. But we do have democracy.” —Hugo Chavez “Yes, we falsified the last election... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European result,
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