How Milton Friedman Saved Chile – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Americas, Economy, Catholic University, Chicago Boys, Chile, Coup, Economic Liberalization, Economics Department, Foreign Investment, Free Enterprise, Government Spending, Intellectual Capital, Milton Friedman, Money Supply, Obstacles, Policy Proposals, Privatization, Quake, University Of Chicago, Wsj

If you are a conservative and want to move to another country, then definitely check out conservative Chile. Although, you might want to wait until the quake mess is cleaned up.
What Chile did have was intellectual capital, thanks to an exchange program between its Catholic University and the economics department of the University of Chicago, [...]

Has anyone else noticed there was just a coup in Niger? | FP Passport

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Africa, Coup, Fp, Niger, Passport, Reuters, Takeover

It’s coup season in Africa, apparently, with the third such takeover in just two years. Or that’s what it looks like from the first reports streaming in from Niger. Reuters has the best account:
Has anyone else noticed there was just a coup in Niger? | FP Passport

The Fall of Mexico – The Atlantic (December 2009)

Posted by Matt in November 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Mexico, 000 People, Border Towns, Carnage, Chance Remark, Collateral Damage, Coup, Drug Cartels, Drugs Mexico, Martial Law, Mexican Revolution, Mirrors, Opposition, Southern Border, War On Drugs

In the almost three years since President Felipe Calderón launched a war on drug cartels, border towns in Mexico have turned into halls of mirrors where no one knows who is on which side or what chance remark could get you murdered. Some 14,000 people have been killed in that time—the worst carnage since the [...]

German report: Assad’s brother-in-law attempted coup

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Syria, Arab League, assad, Brother, Coup, damascus, Disclosure, German Report, Hizbullah, Intelligence Officers, Intelligence Sources, Military Intelligence Chief, Mugniyah, Rebellion, Report Stated That, Retaliation, Turnover, Welt

The report stated that Assaf Shawkat, Syrian military intelligence chief and Assad’s brother-in-law, planned to sieze control of the government while the president was hosting a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus in February. Shawkat was detained along with a hundred other Syrian intelligence officers.
According to Die Welt, Assad was informed of the turnover [...]