Carnival of Revolutions is Here

Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Revolutions. You’ll find a thorough weekly wrapup of the past week’s democracy and development related news. Enjoy!

Burundi

Publius Pundit ponders Burundi’s chances for peace.

Zimbabwe

Publius Pundit blogs on Mugabe’s changing the constitution to legalize land confiscation.

Zimpundit has a summary of the state of things in Zimbabwe.

China

Peking Duck chimes in on economic liberalization leading to democracy.

India

Huffer reports the World Bank is lending India $9B to tackle poverty.

Maldives

Publius Pundit looks at the opposition’s hunger strike in the Maldives.

Japan

The Old Revolution has a few short thoughts on the upcoming elections in Japan.

Peking Duck has much more on the subject.

Taiwan

Mad Minerva posts on Taiwans push for Chinese democracy and Publius Pundit follows up.

Tibet

Mutantfrog notes Tibet’s exile government.

Armenia

Oneworld Multimedia outlines Howard Dean’s visit to Armenia.

Blogrel has the scoop on rumors that Robert Kocharyan wants to seek a third term.

Azerbaijan

Oneworld Multimedia blogs on the likelihood of a peace settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Registan tells you why wearing or selling orange in Azerbaijan isn’t a good idea.

Registan illuminates the problems being caused by a future US base in Azerbaijan.

Georgia

Looking for adventure? How bout a cattle drive through the mountains of Georgia!

Kazakhstan

Registan reports Kazakhstan has chosen a date for its presidential election.

Russia

Registan notes Russia’s caveat against forcing democracy on CIS countries.

Boliva

Global Voice puts the spotlight on what’s going on in Boliva.

Canada

Keith takes on the new Governer General in Cake, butter and defecation.

Cuba

The Bad Hair Blog discusses the medical situation in Cuba.

Babulu blog asks why, if La revolucion is so great, do its supporters need to use violence to promote it?

Equador
Gateway Pundit has the low down on the state of emergency in Equador.

United States

In an interesting move, Publius Pundit discusses possible independence for Hawaii.

Greater Middle East

Iran

The new regime attacks the blogoshpere.

Iraq
Skipjack has some analysis on the implications of the perpetually delayed Iraqi constitution.

Iraq the Model has more on the same.

Israel

Waldog’s images of the pullout.

Morocco

Callimachus at Winds of Change hits on little known efforts by the US to solve Morocco and the Western Sahara’s long standing problems.

Saudi Arabia

Armies of Liberation reveals Al Qaeda’s love of Guns and Porn

Publius Pundit discusses King Abdullah’s promise Saudi Arabia will have an elected government in 15 years.

Syria

Josh Landis has some thoughts on the US policy towards Syria and how it should be changed.