U.S. democracy run by oligarchy, says former UN independent expert

"Functioning democracy means that there's a correlation between the will of the people and the policies that affect them," American-Swiss historian Alfred-Maurice de Zayas pointed out, saying that whereas "you let the politicians do whatever they want to do" in the United States.

GENEVA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- America's democracy is run by an oligarchy, former United Nations indepen