With less than a week left before Venezuelans cast ballots in a "mega-election" to fill every office from president on down, the government's opponents are questioning the integrity of the vote and warning of protests if it is not fair.
An executive sent a letter last week to dealerships warning of protests by immigrant rights groups, including a hotline set up with information about picketing or other activity.
Despite official warnings of violence, the protest had the feel of a block party.
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo, which was closed to the public for two weeks due to the unrest, reopened Monday but with a warning that the possibility of protests in the area remained.
Despite these warnings, Moghimi went out and took photos of protests that became known as the green movement.
But we now know that prior to the shooting, warnings of atrocity should anti-Gaddafi protests be allowed to go ahead outside the London embassy were made to British diplomats.
In Tehran, thick crowds marched down a central avenue in midmorning, defying official warnings of a harsh crackdown on protests as they chanted "death to Khamenei," referring to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has expressed growing intolerance for political dissent in the country.
The FCO has amended its travel advice on Morocco and Oman, warning of small scale protests taking place in cities advising avoidance of of large gatherings and demonstrations.
As head of the New York Fed during the bubble, Geithner did – well, not much of anything: no regulation, no warnings, no protests about abuses or excesses, nada, zilch.
