Epstein Secrets

m of the press is circumscribed, and the judiciary tends to be dominated by the ruling party. Countries that fit this description include Hungary, Bolivia, Ecuador, and, if recent trends continue, Poland. There are many reasons for the global decline in dem- ocratic indicators, but the statistical evid

nguage closely related to that spoken in neighboring Finland. The latter group was declared a foreign agent in part because of a $10,000 grant from the United Nations.'2 The undesirables Once it was the CIA that dictatorships reflexively blamed when under pressure. More recently, the tar- get of attack is a group

rity that its leaders have offered La=in American governments with awful human-rights records. Democracy may have a better chance in countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, where for the past decade human rights, freedom of expression, and politica= liberties have been severely and sy

FTA02712878 THIS WEEK's QUOTE Watch: Climate Change -- Faith a=d Fact The latest in a string of dire reports on climate change recently came from the United Nations' meteorological advisory body, which said that the amoun= of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2013, due t= a "surge"

etween South America's largest economies. Marina Lopes reports: "As South America melts down — Colombia the latest nation to erupt in mass protests, Bolivia searching for a consensus leader, Venezuela lurching into another year of economic, political and humanitarian crises - its two largest economies

e Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Tongchang-ri, a site near the Chinese border that has been used to launch satellites into space in the past. The United Nations bans North Korea from launching satellites, viewing it as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology." -- Chinese officials are literally bur

in Hong Kong with his still-valid passport to go to almost any country in the world, includ- ing Cuba (for which a U.S. passport was not necessary), Bolivia, and Ecuador. Yet he did not apply for visas during this time period. Even as late as June 8, after meetings with Greenwald and Poitras, his name had

ecause Switzerland does not allow any intelligence officers to operate in its country. Offi- cially, he was attached to the permanent U.S. mission to the United Nations, which employed hundreds of U.S. government functionar- ies in Switzerland. It was a thin cover; the Swiss government was aware that the CIA maintain

tic world. ¢ There has been arise in authoritarian inter- nationalism. Authoritarian powers form loose but effective alliances to block criticism at the United Nations and regional organizations like the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Organization of American States, and to defend embat

edom of the press is circumscribed, and the judiciary tends to be dominated by the ruling party. Countries that fit this description include Hungary, Bolivia, Ecuador, and, if recent trends continue, Poland. There are many reasons for the global decline in dem- ocratic indicators, but the statistical evid