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A simple observation of Mexico’s current demographic statistics makes it difficult to believe that the slave population of New Spain, modern day Mexico, was the largest in the Americas at one point in time. Just one percent of the Mexican population currently identifies as being of African descent, a significantly smaller portion of the population than other former slave colonies in the Americas. This small prevalence of the Afro-Mexican population has led to a lost history of these people,…

Introduction Problem statement The genesis of Sino-African relations started with the conference of Bandung in 1955. During that conference, China committed itself in establishing good relations with Africa. Sino-African relations are based on principles inspired from the ones of Bandung (respect of sovereignty, non –interference in domestic affairs, solidarity between States etc.). China’s diplomatic approach to Africa was far much different from the relations that African countries had with…

Real life examples of gender inequality do sort of hamper the hopes of those wishing for better in the near future, as it will take a while for the pay gap between men and women to be closed and gender norms will be even harder to break; nonetheless, the three main films being discussed in this paper do give people a bit of hope that women may transcend their limits in due time. Indeed, some already are doing this. In Flame, the titular character takes the initiative on things, such as joining…

Do you believe in miracles? The 1980 Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey was a miracle. When this game was played, the Cold War was going on between the United States and the Soviet Union. People in the United States felt “Nervous, scared and anxious.” (Graves, P.) The 1980’s U.S. Men’s Hockey Team brought the United States together during a difficult time in the Cold War. Before the U.S. Men’s Team won the Gold Medal in Hockey, Americans’ spirits were low due to the Cold War. The Cold War wasn’t…

-The aftermath of the Cold War was a recent and a very important period of time in history for the development of the countries. In this period of time the political relationships of the countries in the world were not having their best confidence moment at all. A lot of spying was going on during those years. The two biggest powers( U.S.A and the Soviet Union) were having that information battle that we cannot know a lot more about it. The aftermath of this war determined the stability…

The Cuban Missile Crisis triggered a series of treaties to be agreed upon throughout the years of 1961-1979, which had a major calming effect on international relations. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the major treaties signed were based around nuclear disarmament or limitations, the first of those being the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. “The treaty was a small but significant step toward the control of nuclear weapons. In the years to come, discussions between the United States and the…

Recognizing, Ending, and Preventing Cholera Outbreak Cholera is a bacterial, diarrheal disease particularly rampant in developing countries where water sanitation is lacking. The focus of this paper is primarily on cholera’s outbreak history and disastrous effects on populations. This paper also discusses varying solutions that have been implemented in numerous countries with a focus on vaccine use in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world with a turbulent history, versus long-term…

Power has two measurements: inner and outer. Inside power is the place the sovereign or government practices supreme power over a specific culture. Remotely, there is no supreme power well beyond the state. In this manner, states ought to decide their own course and strategies1. After the conclusion of the Cold War, the state-driven force inform of political and military competitions to rule worldwide relations has reduced. National fringes can 't stop the stream of data and other data…

exposed to imported African green monkeys and their tissues while using them to conduct research. It is said that the host for Marburg is the African fruit bat and sporadic outbursts of cases and isolated cases have popped up in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Angola, South Africa, And the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The fact that most of the people infected were mine workers who work in bat infested caves only helped to prove this thought more. Once the mine workers get the virus they go home…

Maverick Wagner Evolution 2/20/15 Evolution of the Great White Shark Did you know that sharks appeared in the fossil record about 450 million years ago? The great white shark is one of many different species of cartilaginous fish out. There are approximately 350 species of sharks worldwide. The great white has become one of the most feared predators in the sea leaving the question as to how it achieved this success. The great white is about four to six meters in length and can weigh…