HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of March 8th-14th, 2011

1.  Are Hugo Chavez’s energy deals with China bad for Venezuela?
2.  Is a parliamentary system hampering Iraq?
3.  Can a focus on education put the Liberal Party back into power in Canada?
4.  Does the state of Argentina’s economy bode ill for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s re-election campaign?
5.  Will Jacques Chirac escape the corruption charges lodged against him?
6.  What does the appointment of a Ahmadinejad backed candidate to teh Iranian Religious Assembly mean for Iran’s opposition movement?
7.  If Saudi Arabia explodes with anti-government protests, will the world demand that the House of Saud relinquish power?
8.  Will the third Oman cabinet shuffle satisfy protesters?
9.  Is Mohammad Yunus’s sacking from Grameen Bank politically motivated?
10.  If there are negotiations, would Libyan rebels be dealing from a position of strength or weakness?