{"id":2917,"date":"2012-03-04T23:26:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T23:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2012\/03\/04\/most-americans-might-not-be-aware-of-the-recent\/"},"modified":"2012-03-04T23:26:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T23:26:20","slug":"most-americans-might-not-be-aware-of-the-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/04\/most-americans-might-not-be-aware-of-the-recent\/","title":{"rendered":"Most American&#8217;s might not be aware of the recent political unrest in Maldives due to the ousting of their democratically represented president&#8230;As Americans we used to know that freedom for democracy never comes easy. I suppose it&#8217;s the Maldivians&#8217; turn to fight, but international pressure can help their cause."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blacktieknight.com\/post\/17832551354\/most-americans-might-not-be-aware-of-the-recent\">blacktieknight<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Maldives is the lowest islands in the world.\u00a0 The Former Maldivian President has tried to take environmental measures to reduce global warming in order to keep his country from literally disappearing into the ocean.\u00a0 However, recently his army has revolted against him and the people who democratically voted him into office.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/political-unrest-in-the-maldives-president-ousted-supporters-beaten.html\"> Read about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>blacktieknight: Maldives is the lowest islands in the world.\u00a0 The Former Maldivian President has tried to take environmental measures to reduce global warming in order to keep his country from literally disappearing into the ocean.\u00a0 However, recently his army has revolted against him and the people who democratically voted him into office.\u00a0 Read about it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[127,43,128,8,149,154,152,111,102,153],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video_graphics","tag-activism","tag-anni","tag-baagee","tag-maldives","tag-maldives-coup","tag-military-coup","tag-mohamed-naheed","tag-police-state","tag-puppet","tag-waheed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-L3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2982,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/04\/26133137-since-the-coup-in-maldives-call-for\/","url_meta":{"origin":2917,"position":0},"title":"26:13:31:37 since the coup in maldives. call for immediate elections!","author":"monochromist","date":"March 4, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"26:13:31:37 since the coup in maldives. call for immediate elections!The first democratically elected Maldivian government was forced out at gunpoint on 7 February 2012 by elements in the military and opposition. 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