Adam Taylor of the Washington Post has written an informative piece on the history of the Crimea. The essay explains much of the historical tension that pervades the peninsula and why so many residents there have such strong and mixed feelings toward each other and their neighbors. It also suggests that there is no easy resolution to this particular crisis which can almost be thought of as independent of the crisis facing Ukraine as a whole.
The situation in Venezuela continues to deteriorate as food shortages amplify the high rates of inflation and unemployment. President Maduro apparently refuses to acknowledge the seriousness or the legitimacy of the protests. The photograph below is of a food line in San Cristobal. It is reminiscent of the food lines in Yarmouk, Syria, and symbolic of the critical role food prices play in the protests all over the world right now.
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