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Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation

‘Does not tyranny spring from democracy?’ How Plato’s 380 BC philosophy is truer than ever today

As in Athens, anti-elite demagogues in modern democracies are increasingly rising to power riding populist waves fueled not by logic but fear and nationalism.

Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation
· Nov 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Is South America heading towards its own Arab Spring? Understanding recent protests in the continent

A wave of protests over public policy and economic discomfort has rocked South American countries such as Venezuela, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile.

Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation
· Nov 13, 2019 · 11:30 pm