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Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the country. How did Amin's regime survive for eight calamitous years? Drawing on recently uncovered archival material, Derek Peterson reconstructs the political logic of the era, focusing on the ordinary people—civil servants, curators and artists, businesspeople, patriots—who invested their energy and resources in making the government work.

In September 2015, Joe Hockey's promising political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the Liberal leadership. After felling the Abbott/Hockey government, Turnbull informed Hockey that he would no longer be treasurer...

Néstor Kirchner asumió como presidente de Argentina en 2003. Su alineación política, considerada dentro de Argentina como centro-izquierda estaba caracterizada por un fuerte sentido de justicia social y el empoderamiento del pueblo. Entre sus mandatos más reconocidos están la abolición de las leyes de obediencia debida y punto final, las cuales dejaban impunes a los involucrados en las desapariciones y otros crímenes cometidos en la dictadura militar de 1974 a 1983.