referendum

Venezuela Holds Referendum to Claim Guyana Territory: Russia Beams with Pride

Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Venezuela votes to seize Guyana territory Land grabs are rivaling military coups as the trending event in geopolitics. Venezuela is mounting the latest land grab. It is doing so today through a referendum on annexing an oil-rich region of Guyana. The referendum will ask Venezuelans … if they agree with creating a new state called Guayana Esequiba in the Essequibo region, granting… Read more.

Hail, Erdogan! Latter-Day Sultan of Turkey.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 7:12 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

If you harbored any doubts about Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s dictatorial predilection, the referendum he orchestrated on Sunday should disabuse you of them. A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s ‘crusader mentality’ on Monday after European monitors criticized a referendum to grant him sweeping new powers, won with a narrow victory laying bare… Read more.

Brexit: Forget Leaving, Britain a Greater EU Contagion if It Remains

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 5:33 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Just years ago, Grexit had the European Union reeling with existential angst. Notably, the fear was not that Greece would leave, but that its chronic indebtedness posed too great a communal burden to allow it to remain. Further that bailing out Greece would create a domino effect – with other poor, debt-ridden member states (aka… Read more.

Taliban Values in Paradise. Bahamas Votes ‘No’ to Equal Rights

Friday, June 10, 2016 at 5:51 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

In “Referendum on Equal Rights in The Bahamas Is ‘Unnecessary’, Despite Dame Sawyer,” May 18, 2016, I expressed misgivings about the country of my birth subjecting the constitutional rights of fellow citizens to a referendum. I reasoned, in part, that the rights of citizenship at issue are necessarily implied in existing constitutional provisions. Further that we only… Read more.

Scotland Votes Resounding “No” to Independence

Friday, September 19, 2014 at 5:48 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Scotland spurned independence in a historic referendum that threatened to rip the United Kingdom apart, sow financial turmoil and diminish Britain’s remaining global clout… Unionists won 55 percent of the vote while separatists won 45 percent with 31 of 32 constituencies declared. (Reuters, September 19, 2014) Why? Well, with due respect to all of the… Read more.