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Santeria |
a pantheistic Afro-Cuban religious cult developed from the beliefs and customs of the Yoruba people and incorporating some elements of the Catholic religion. |
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Voodoo |
a black religious cult practiced in the Caribbean and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession. |
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Rastafarianism |
Rastafari is an Abrahamic belief which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. |
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Mestizo |
traditionally used in Spain and Spanish America to mean a person of combined |
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Capital Investment |
Funds invested in a firm or enterprise for the purposes of furthering its business objectives. Capital investment may also refer to a firm's acquisition of capital assets or fixed assets such as manufacturing plants and machinery that is expected to be productive over many years. |
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Human Capital |
Human capital is the stock of knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. |
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Caricom |
CARICOM stands for Caribbean Community and Common Market and is defined as an organization made up of 15 Caribbean nations to promote economic integration among members. |
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CAFTA-DR |
The Central American - Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) is the first free trade agreement between the United States and a group of smaller developing economies. |
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Microcredit |
the lending of small amounts of money at low interest to new businesses in the developing world. |
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Diaspora |
the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. |
