Assignment task: Please watch the film Putin's Way and Vice's "Dawn of a Dictator" and "Nicaragua Dejavu. Also, read the article on Venezuela today (Posted as an attachment in this discussion). Discuss the nature of power exercised by Russia's President Putin, by Venezuela's President Maduro and Nicaragua's Ortega. Make sure to provide specific examples from the films.. Please address the following questions:
1. How do these leaders influence politics in Russia/Venezuela/Nicaragua and around the world?
2. Where do you see the rule of law in Putin's Russia or Maduro's Venezuela? Or in Venezuela Today? In Nicaragua?
3. How does it compare or differ with that of the US? Or Does it?
4. How do the leaders deal with political dissidents (opponents)?
5. What surprised you about these stories? What did you learn?