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Venezuela may be on the verge of a coup today as citizens, opposition leaders and rebel soldiers march on the capital to demand President Nicolás Maduro’s resignation. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has been trying to oust the authoritarian Maduro since January, but this protest is different, writes professor Marco Aponte-Moreno. Guaidó has freed Venezuela’s most famous political prisoner, Leopoldo López, from jail – and his star power brings new energy to the Venezuelan resistance.
By this time next week, South Africans will have finished voting in the country’s national and provincial elections. Keith Gottschalk looks at how race continues to divide South Africans and to determine their voting choices.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has been freed by his captors from house arrest and is backing a coup attempt against the Maduro government.
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Marco Aponte-Moreno, St Mary's College of California
Venezuela is on the cusp of a coup, and a familiar face has emerged from house arrest to lead the charge against President Nicolás Maduro.
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African National Congress supporters at the party’s manifesto launch.
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Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape
South Africa has the world’s largest white minority living under black rule.Colour line tensions might remain a feature of the country's political landscape.
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Politics + Society
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Sujeet Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
India has become a difficult place for NGOs to operate.
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Iain Boyd, University of Michigan
Missiles that fly 3,000 mph or faster – much faster than the speed of sound – are the next generation of high-technology weapons.
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Energy + Environment
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Brian Lovett, University of Maryland
Alarm bells went off when several recent studies reported mass insect die-offs in different parts of the world. But reports of an 'insect apocalypse' have been greatly exaggerated.
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Michael Okoti, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organisation
Changes in weather patterns have made life a great deal more precarious for pastoral communities.
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En français
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Aurelien Forget, Freiburg University
La greffe c’est bien, construire des organes entièrement opérationnels en laboratoire c’est mieux, améliorer nos capacités de régénération, c’est génial !
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Mark R. O'Brian, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Proposer un burger végétal dont l’apparence, le goût et l’odeur ressemblent à s’y méprendre à du bœuf, tel est le défi qu’entend relever la start-up Impossible Foods.
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