Juan Guaido declared himself as the President of Venezuela

Brutality gets to its height, as a man is set on fire for protesting President Maduro, Venezuela.

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In recent years, more than 3 million people fled from Venezuela. There is constant political unrest happening in the nation.  

It all started when Nicolás Maduro became the President of Venezuela in April 2013. During this time the economy of Venezuela went into a very freefall status. Social opposition against the President triggered all over the country, yet amidst all opposition Mr Maduro gets re-elected for a term of next 6 years in May 2018. This was a highly controversial win and the protests continued in severe ways.

Citizenship Status after Brexit

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As the political tycoons are busy creating history and making adamant statements about their politically correct positions on Brexit, there is an internal fear that is breeding inside the population. The most haunting question is about the state of Citizenship-

 What will be the aftermath of the Citizenship Status after Brexit?

 

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Third Party Candidates and US Presidential Election

Source: Malice (2016)

A very investigative insight has been marked about the Presidential Election in the US that highlights the values of American political culture. As per a poll released on 12^th May 2010, by NBC/Wall Street Journal, 83% of the US population stated that in a two-party political system, there remains no space for a third party (Bartlett, 2010). The participants of this poll also stated that the Presidential Election of the US should come up with more choices and that third-party candidates should be allowed to be a part of such elections. As identified by Bartlett (2010), the Constitution of the US has
implemented the formal provision of electing the US President by the Electoral College. At this point, it has been marked that every state gets votes that remain equal to the total number of representatives or senators. In such a system, none of the states can gain less than 3 votes. For Presidential candidature, the candidates need to possess an absolute majority in front of the Electoral College, which is a static count of 270 votes. This compulsion is the basic hindrance for third parties and eventually makes them unviable. On a practical ground, it appears impossible for any third-party candidate to be the President of the US. This can be well exemplified by the least highlighted status of Barry Goldwater, against the election campaign of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Secondly, if we consider the election of 1992, we can see that in that election H. Ross Perot was polling in first position at different voting points. This is noted as an ‘unprecedented feat’ for any independent candidate (Malice, 2016). Perot was assured to gain from 50 states but came up with just 19% of the total votes. On practical grounds, this is a provision that is subject to lead the population into a two-party system is Duverger's law, representing ‘plurality-rule elections’ in the zone of single-member districts that support a two-party system (Grofman, Bernard., Blais, Andre. and Bowler, Shaun, edits., 2009). This is proof that in the US, the electoral vote always remains in favour of the largest plurality. On a precise note, the Presidential election is based on absolute plurality voting preferences that get further filtered by the Electoral College.

Works Cited
Bartlett, Bruce. "Why Third Parties Can't Compete." Forbes Media LLC. Web 14th May 2010
Malice, Michael.  "Why Third-Party Candidates Can’t Win: At some point things stop being a coincidence." Observer. Web. 12th July 2016
Grofman, Bernard., Blais, Andre. and Bowler, Shaun (edts.) Duverger's Law of Plurality Voting: The Logic of Party Competition in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. Springer; 2009 edition

Congressional Ethics Violation by Alan Grayson

Source: Mullins and Hughes (2016)

As reported by Mullins and Hughes (2016) and (Lipton, 2016), the investigators on congressional ethics have reported that the Florida Democrat, Rep. Alan Grayson has an intensive involvement in the violation practice of ethical rules as meant for the House and the federal law of the US. As the documents get public, for examinations, the investigators are looking for the instances whereby the improperly earned profit from the businesses that are not related to Congress, during his tenure. However, the investigators failed to disclose most of the financial data and business dealings as

NASA’s declarations on Air Pollution in Developing Countries: India & China at the top of the list

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Urban Smog: Transformation of Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) into ground level ozone, a major pollutant to respiratory system

A report declared by American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, US, on the rate of global air pollution initiated by NASA, declares that the air quality of developed nations from Europe, the US and Japan have improved notably. However, the threats are rising drastically in the developing nations, like India, China, and the Middle East. Unlike the developed countries, these developing countries are yet to consider emission control regulations in their legislative executions.

National Cultures of Finland and China: A Comparative Analysis

Introduction

Research based on cultural interpretations are gaining severe attention and are the elements that are adding to the process of comprehending national cultures of different nations for increasing the widespread importance in the international business trends (Mooij and Hofstede, 2010). A comparative analysis between the practices of national cultures as led by Finland and China, offers an insight into the process of understanding the cultural similarities and differences of Western and Eastern worlds.

This paper notes the cultural distances and the features that bridge gap between Finland and China through analytical overview of GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) Model. The notable 9 dimensions of GLOBE Model - Performance orientation, Uncertainty avoidance, In-Group collectivism, Power distance, Gender egalitarianism, Humane orientation, Institutional collectivism, Future orientation, and Assertiveness; are the basic grounds for comparing the selected national cultures as in Finland and China. 

Interpreting Culture

According to the House, et al., (1997) the term culture gets defined as an approach whereby people share similar values, motives, identities, believes and typical modes of interpretations over common experiences. This is a general practice that remains effective over the social, psychological, and even organisational levels of a culture.

With the increasing impact of globalisation, the above quoted definition suits best in

Should journalists get close to politicians? An Analysis in Context of China

1. Introduction

The understanding the balance between public media generated by journalists, and the platform of political independence needs enough in-depth speculation. This paper is trying to see the different premises hold by these categories and the limit to which they should get intermingled, especially for initiating public interest and benefits.

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2. Impacts of Politicians on Journalists

Though the News Media of China has been predominated by television, radio, newspapers and magazines; yet since 1994, there is a strong presence of internet mode of communication has been felt (IMS, 2008, p.9). During this development, the context of understanding the impacts of politicians over the journalists remain vital. Some are positive while others are negative.