Epstein Secrets

ndividual Rights 'Denotes indicators scored on a 12-point scale. All others are scored on a 16-point scale. illiberal governments in countries like Hungary for their rejection of international democratic standards in favor of perceived national inter- ests. Even when there is no direct collaboration,

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

s new book is not at all about Putin and only indirectly about Russia. "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-56" focuses on Poland, Hungary and East Germany. It details the Soviet recipe used to stifle three wildly unalike countries. The book is richly human, sometimes funny, often hear

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

ch and poor Bloomberg (Orszag) • Europe holds firm on Bank Pay Rule WSJ • India says Cadbury avoided taxes WSJ • After the UK downgrade WSJ • Hungary's Monetary Politics WSJ • StanChart fines weigh on bonus payouts The Times • Vodafone may be open to offers in America The Times • Cypriot cris

n less gift-giving) (trading -1.6%) • Eurozone O4 preliminary GDP -0.6% q/q versus estimate -0.6% (-0.9% y/y versus estimate -0.9%) • Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies (VP Maduro in charge until new elections within 30 days) (NYT) • Sharp to sell 35.8 million shares to Samsung for ¥290/share = 3.0% stake (Sha

dela, 95, died this month; and Muriel Siebert, 84, died in August. The year also included the deaths of politicians Edward Koch, 88, in February and Hugo Chavez, 58, in March; musicians Marian McPartland, 95, in August and Lou Reed, 71, in October; and athletes Stan Musial, 92, in January, and Ken Norton, 70,

he helped popularize options trading while working at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in New York. Died June 18. Gyula Horn, 80. The prime minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998, who as foreign minister in 1989 helped trigger events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Died June 19. James Gandolfini, 51

l. When many American HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031890 --- PAGE BREAK --- 16 idealists think about revolution today, they have Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in mind. Few assumptions can lead you into as much trouble this quickly. Even in 1989-90, those countries were the exception and not the rule. Think

know that demagogues and aspiring despots can use the language and even the mechanisms of democracy to build personal dictatorships (Napoleon IlI and Hugo Chavez, for example). We know that popular opinion is sometimes more nationalistic than elite opinion and that gains for democracy do not always lead to mor