Election in Indonesia Presents a Challenge for the U.S.

Election in Indonesia Presents a Challenge for the U.S.

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Prabowo Subianto will become the president of Indonesia in the Fall. Critics worry that the former general under a previous authoritarian government will roll back democracy. That presents a challenge for the U.S., which once trained and supported Prabowo, then subsequently banned him from entering the U.S. for twenty years.

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