Nepal:in:turmoil

Back in February, many around the world began to watch with concern what was happening in Nepal.
King Gyenandra sacked the Government and seized complete control of the Asian Nation.

Since then a three-way battle has emerged between the king, pro-democracy protesters and the maoist rebels from the countryside.

Who are the Maoist rebels? They are an extremely well organised group of Communist Revolutionaries somewhat inspired by "Mao Zedong thought" who have coerced a good following among the peasantry and rural poor - some through political inspiration, others through fear of violent retribution.

With the reemergence of Communism, it looks like the Nepalese appear to be toeing the recent latin-american trend for voting in ultra-left leaning governments (See Chavez and Morales).
For now it looks as though the Nepalese power struggle is far from over, and democracy further still.