Blowback in Kyrgyztan

The turmoil in a small Central Asian country speaks volumes about US ‘democratisation’ efforts in the region

• • By Joseph Huff-Hannon
  • [print_link]  guardian.co.uk, Thursday 8 April 2010

Top diplomat Robert Blake is being sent to Kyrgyzstan to "evaluate" the situation after last week's uprising which ousted the president of the strategically important central Asian nation. Tsk, tsk...More headaches for the Empire's managers.

Joseph Huff-Hannon is a Brooklyn, NY-based independent writer and producer, a 2008 finalist in the Livingston award for young journalists, and a recipient of a James Aronson award for social justice journalism. See more of his work at josephhuffhannon.com

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