The Guatemala-Guatemal The Case With Guatemala

BULGARIAN UPHEAVAL As was the case with Guatemala, the people of Bulgaria were plague with wars over the extinction of communism. Prior to the cold war, Bulgaria suffered great loss during WWI, simultaneously with the Balkan Wars, and WWII which left the country aligned with the eventual losing side of all wars. Due to these wars, Bulgaria suffered much loss in the way of land, lives, and residents as many refugees immigrated to Bulgaria effecting an already ruined economy. Suffering these factors, Bulgarians found themselves under dictatorship rule and entering in to WWII as members of the Axis. As Bulgaria refused to participate in the war following the death of their ruler, the USSR declared war and invaded, which lead to communist rule and alignment with the Allies against the Axis. As the Cold War began, communist rule forced heavy industrialization built on repressive leadership and constant executions. As the Eastern Bloc dissolved, Bulgaria was ruled by a new system of democracy.
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These factors left them in poverty, smaller geographically, and in a forced stated of rebuilding with seemingly no outside help. The sentiment of disorienting transition rings true for both societies as privatization of previously state-ran institutions proved to be a vacuum filled by wealthy foreigners and criminals. The individual citizens were left in absolute upheaval and poverty as they were robbed and left without means previously afforded to them by the state social-support systems. Alternatively, the life that was taken from them as communists was one that theoretically provided for all of its