Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso is a major country in West Africa, currently led by the dictator Thomas Sankara. Burkina Faso as a nation is known for having a generally higher quality of life than other nations in the region excluding possibly Libya, but it is ruled with an iron fist, and political freedoms are virtually non-existent. Burkina Faso is seen by leftists as an almost oasis in West Africa, a shining beacon for the rest of the region. However, the failed coup attempt against Thomas Sankara in 1987 has resulted in a large degree of paranoia against the West, and Burkina Faso is virtually cut off from every nation nation diplomatically by its own volition. While the Eastern Bloc still maintains cordial relations with Burkina Faso, there are some politicians who wish to have the Eastern Bloc reevaluate its ties with Burkina Faso, mainly in accordance with Gorbachev's theory of "socialism with a human face".