Could a Tunisia Type Event Happen In Your Country?

A really big YES for Venezuela... Its history has been filled with social unrest...
During the 19th and early 20th centuries making revolutions was kind of a national sport... Then the country was pacified by dictatorships in the first half of the 20th century until civic demonstrations with military help caused the destruction of the regimes and the establishment of democracy...

The late 80s and early 90s saw moments of social unrest due to economic depression (caused by a series of populist governments that indebted the country), from this unrest (including extremely violent riots) our current president emerged as the leader of a failed coup d'etat...

And now people are starting to get angry at Hugo Chavez after 12 years of government (lots of corruption, the highest inflation ever seen in latin-america, violation of private property, attacks to freedom of speech, etc.).
Public civic demonstrations are quite common now days.

harmonium.ro wrote: ^ Let's hope it won't be another 1979.

It is a progressive rock site.
I also believe there is a section for general discussions, which is for discussions about anything.

Soooooo there ya go?
And please no more giant caps. And Im being polite, was going to post this part in size 7 originally

RoyFairbank wrote: I just realized I was listening to "Africa" by Toto,Besides this embarrassing and appropriately coincidental turn of events,I would like to note that it seems likely the Egyptian President will have to resign. The military is throwing its support behind a national unity government of some sort, headed by a western friendly UN official. This seems to me to be a pretty clear attempt to change cloths, shave a mustache and then think you look like a different man. My prediction is spread for the protests and I hope it does so to Saudi Arabia, as this would be most out-of-character of all for the Middle East. (Saudi Arabia, so its said, is the most conservative place on Earth).Yemen and Jordan, Algeria and Libya, <<<< all had some problems already

I think this is worth a read..

Daily Telegraph

^ like the situation in Egypt   

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Padraic wrote: Who are you to tell us what we can and cannot discuss?  This is a section specifically designated for non-music discussions; if you don't like it, just stick to the music sections of the forum. And please stop using such a large font, your posts look ridiculous.

Blacksword wrote: You could just not take part in discussions on religion or politics, instead of barking orders at others not to do so. Unless of course you're being ironic, then I apologise.

You could just not take part in discussions on religion or politics, instead of barking orders at others not to do so.

Unless of course you're being ironic, then I apologise.

Evidence of US involvement in engineering Egyption uprising..

Daily Telegraph

Edited by Blacksword - January 31 2011 at 12:43