Her wit developed a sting; her manners became more rough and inconsiderate, as if she felt the royal necessity of establishing her autocracy by scorning the conventionalities that bound lesser potentates.
: As a child he saw the corruption and intrigues of big feudal families and the suppression of young people by the feudal autocracy.
But after the 2008 election of Mohamed Nasheed as president — the first democratically elected leader after 30 years under autocracy — a law was passed that allowed residents to open guesthouses.
The west's old practice of "democracy promotion" has been superseded by the east's "autocracy promotion", says Soares de Oliveira.
