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The neo-liberal right sought to combine a market economy and economic deregulation with the traditional right-wing beliefs in patriotism, elitism and law and order. [10] [page needed] The political terms Left and Right were first used in the 18th century, during the French Revolution, referencing the seating arrangement of the French parliament.
The 2016 Republican Party Platform declares: "We support the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state. We further recognize the historic significance of the 2012 local referendum in which a 54 percent majority voted to end Puerto Rico's current status as a U.S. territory, and 61 ...
To the traditionalist, whether one arrives at a right- or left-wing government is less important than whether change is effected through rule of law rather than through revolution and utopian schemes. [72] Blue Dog Coalition ideology, the set of values and policy held by most conservative Democrats and the coalition that represents them. The ...
Right-wing terrorism is terrorism motivated by a variety of far right ideologies and beliefs, including anti-communism, neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, racism, xenophobia and opposition to immigration. This type of terrorism has been sporadic, with little or no international cooperation. [430]
The right-wing authoritarian is a conservative who takes fear of democracy to extremes." [74] During the Cold War, right-wing military dictatorships were prominent in Latin America, with most nations being under military rule by the middle of the 1970s. [75] One example of this was General Augusto Pinochet, who ruled over Chile from 1973 to ...
“Italy and the United States are ‘sister’ nations, linked by an unshakeable alliance, common values, and a historic friendship,” Italy’s hard-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, wrote ...
Trump's political positions, and his descriptions of his beliefs, have often been inconsistent. [76] [77] Politico has described his positions as "eclectic, improvisational and often contradictory." [78] According to an NBC News count, over the course of his campaign Trump made "141 distinct shifts on 23 major issues."
A right-wing judge with an established anti-Obamacare record accepted a tendentious interpretation of the biblical "word of God" to deny accessible and affordable healthcare to the entire country.