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In a bid to quell the protests, President Serzh Sargsyan has announced that the government will subsidise the increase until the completion of an independent audit into the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200911
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In November, farmers gathered in Isfahan to complain about water scarcity. Teachers, miners, pensioners and municipal workers have also protested in recent months against a…
The Lopez intervention comes at a difficult time for President Nicolas Maduro amid popular frustration with rising inflation and steep falls in the value of the local currency…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199797
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From a rate of 39,000 to the dollar in December 2017, the rial devalued to around 65,000 in April 2018. There was a sharp spike to 75,000 after US President Donald Trump announced…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235424
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The authorities went ahead with the arrest of Nika Melia, leader of the opposition United National Movement (UNM), on February 23 even after the prime minister resigned in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260118
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The government's struggle to stave off economic collapse has become increasingly frantic, as inflation has surged, the gap between the official and black market exchange rate has…