Contras

The construction of the Nicaraguan Inter-Oceanic Canal raises several controversial social, environmental, political, and geoeconomic concerns for Nicaragua, its people, and the international community. Opponents are concerned about the potential for irreversible environmental damage, the disruption of indigenous communities, and the involvement of a private Chinese company that was given the 50-year concession to build and operate the canal. Proponents cite the canal as the only viable option…

Desaparecer On May 30, 1498, conquistador and explorer Christopher Columbus set sail on his third voyage to the New World. After his first two voyages around the Caribbean, the adventurer finally set foot in what would today be modern-day Venezuela. These first steps into the New World would forever change South America culturally, historically and economically. Today, due to the historical prevalence of their previous European colonizers, South America has begun to develop into a growing…

Nicaragua, states that the United States’ government should not provide aid to the Contras. He starts off by talking about the goal of the Contras was to overthrow the Sandinista government but never to create a democracy then he mentions how the Contras were targeting innocent civilians also which is the opposite of what democratic government would go. Kittle goes on by talking about the horrible things that Contras did to those people like raping women, killing children, or even gouging out…

had been questioned over the past several months [about contra cocaine trafficking] by the FBI. The interviews, some covering several days, were conducted in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado and California, the Contra backers said." Several of the backers told AP of firsthand knowledge of cocaine trafficking.” “On April 17, 1986, the Reagan administration released a three-page report stating that there were some Contra-cocaine connections in 1984 and 1985, and that…

Iran-contra affair, in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The first was a commitment to aid the contras who were conducting a guerrilla war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. The second was to placate "moderates" within the Iranian government in order to secure…

The Summa Contra Gentiles as well as the Summa Theologiae are among Thomas Aquinas’ best-known books. Both of these texts have been dated to the latter years of Aquinas’ life as he was approaching his death. A revered scholar, Aquinas works have been the subject of several debates on the purpose of his writings, their intended audience, and their relation to each other. Thomas’ writings span several literary genres, ranging from scriptural commentaries to Aristotelian commentaries as well as…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a Democrat born January 30th, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York who swiftly rose the ranks of politics, moving up from: New York State Senator to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (a job held, coincidentally, by another Roosevelt with executive experience, Teddy) to the 44th Governor of New York and finally to the 32nd President of the United States. Mr. Roosevelt just happened to be the choice of Ronald Reagan in the elections of 1932, ’36, ’40, and ’44. Reagan, a…

In Contra Celsum, Origen responds to the many criticisms presented by Celsus, an early opponent of Christianity. In Chapter 47, Origen highlights Celsus’ argument that Christianity and its beliefs, practices, and ideology, are no different than the prevailing beliefs of his time. Celsus goes on to describe Christian practices as derivative of pagan, Jewish, and other foreign cultures. Yet he further criticizes Christian practices as alien, and by extension, a threat to traditional Roman culture.…

parents who don’t believe in giving their children sweets for obvious reasons. First 5 Contra Costa are those types of parents. They argue that giving children sugary drinks can lead to obesity, tooth decay and type two diabetes. To make parents aware of the bad in sugary dinks, they make a short 30 second TV ad quickly covering the consequences of parents choosing sugary drinks over water. Although First 5 Contra Costa’s targeted audience was Latin Americans, they made the ad available both in…

My face twisted. Gently, I placed the freshly baked chocolate chip cookie I had been washing down with my whiskey into the garbage, “Ew.” “I ended up having to drag him to the tub and wipe his bottom with wet napkins,” she went on, “After that, I couldn’t take it anymore. I left.” If I would be inclined to give the ladies any advice, it would be to shut the fuck up about your ex-boyfriend war stories. I don’t want to hear how you smeared shit on your love’s asshole once upon a time. Amy’s…