(Not So) Fun Fact: The Painful State of Burmese Democracy

Fun facts about Burma

In the Asian country of Burma (also known as Myanmar), the country had been ruled by a military dictatorship known as the junta since a coup in 1962. It seemed that the military junta gave in to democracy in 1990 by giving other parties the chance to have power. A woman named Aung San Suu Kyi led a pro-democracy party to win a super-majority in that election. The military-junta ignored the results, so instead of becoming Prime Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi was eventually put under house arrest.

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  1. That’s crazy!! You hear “stories” about a potential coup, but I never think it could actually happen.

  2. Musings's avatar Musings says:

    By the way, do you know that you can already order test kits? https://www.covidtests.gov/
    They opened it up early to test it. Might be easier to do it now than tomorrow.

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