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A Flawed Hero

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (July 4th 2013. Updated on May 15th 2017) Hero or Anti-hero Simón Bolívar, dubbed by many the Liberator, was undoubtedly one of the great leaders of the nineteenth century independence movement. He occupied pride…
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A Fair Cop – The Ultimate Price

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By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 14th 2017) Lessons Learned? The USA restored the death penalty after a four year break in 1976. In fact, there had been no executions since 1967 – the Supreme Court ruled the statutes…
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Killer Cops – The Failure of Deterrence

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 14th 2017) Deterrence? Article 50 has been triggered, but it has emerged that many Brexit supporters want more than tighter immigration controls – they want the return of capital punishment too, but what…
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Wasted Opportunities

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 13th 2017) Icons Emmy Musonda is not the only former sporting icon to miss out on Zambia’s first international tournament. The Chipolopolo are one of only two AFCON winners never to have hosted…
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