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    Ayllon Lucas Vazquez De

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    Ayllon Lucas Vazquez De In this report I will be telling you about an explorer named Ayllon Lucas Vazquez De. I have never read or even heard about him before so we will be learning together about this explorer. I will be writing about this explorer and where he went. What he did on his journey and about his life. So here we go. Ayllon was born in 1475 in Toledo, Spain. He was the son of a judge, Judge Juan Ayllon. Ayllon’s father was the head of a noble and wealthy family of Toledo. Which…

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    Government officials use scare tactics to scare dissidents. Government critics still continue to be imprisoned. Many report that they were beaten during arrest. Cuban representatives of the 53-year Castro family dynasty began their table-banging. Venezuela to shield its horrendous record of abuse and equally problematically, to validate other authoritarian governments such as Syria, Iran and one that sits shamefully…

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    implemented a communist regime in order to hopefully rid the economic power that the United States had gained in the years leading up to his reign. Fidel Castro played pivotal roles in some of the world’s biggest political events. Event’s like the Cuban Missile Crisis, an event that left America afraid that the…

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    Why did Fidel Castro come to power? Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban Politian and revolutionary who ruled Cuba for almost 5 decades. In 1959 he seized control as dictator due to Fulgencio Batista (the former dictator) being disliked by the people of Cuba because of the lack of a genuine alternative to his regime, economic problems and unemployment. To over throw him Castro led revolts and offered an alternative type of leadership which made him popular with the citizens and ultimately prime…

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    The Mafia

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    This businesslike structure allows for the Sicilian Mafia to gain control over small towns throughout Sicily giving the local people and local government no chance to exterminate the Mafia. Although the government has tried to intervene before to exterminate the Mafia from Sicily, it has never been fully effective. The Mafia thrives off of filling the gaps that the government does not which is why the most effective attempt to rid Sicily of the Mafia was during Mussolini’s ruling during World…

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    When visiting a new city, I like to dive deep into the cities or countries history, and not just recent but also ancient history. Cuba is no exception. Although Cuba is an island, natives to the Americas made there way across the caribbean sea and landed on the island of present day Cuba. These natives were very smart and in tune with the nature around them. There were three main native groups that resided in Cuba, the Guanahatebey, Siboney, and Taína. The Guanahatebey lived on the south coast…

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    When Castro Came To Power

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    had nationalized all american companies in Cuba. He disagreed with everything that General Fulgencio Batista stood for so he did what he knew he wanted and what the people wanted. In a form of retaliation, America stopped all aid and all imports of Cuban sugar. This greatly affected Cuba because the sugar was the mainstay of its economy. With Cuba’s economy going down into ruin Castro had to think of something to help his country and stop his people from dying of starvation. He was forced to…

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    A Pro and Con Analysis of the 1992 Cuban Democracy Act and the Difficulty of Enforcement of the trade Embargo The pros of the 1992 Cuban Democracy Act was designed to promote the spread of democracy to Cuba, which was formed around a trade embargo to limit the material economy in order to overthrow Fidel Castro and his government. In 1992, the Cuban Democracy Act was designed to crate a slow economic downturn in the Cuban economy, which would force the government to embrace a new style of…

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    intricate cinema wants to reveal the truth of what's going on as well as educates the individual living in this society. This is why, the Cuban revolution is beautifully depicted through third world cinema. In fact, third world cinema gained has its roots in the Cuban revolution. The Cuban…

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    Chin Peng Case Study

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    Chin Peng is the leader of the communist party of Malaya . He was well known for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency which occurred between 1948 to 1960. Communist Party of Malaya as claimed by Chin Peng, was the factor that was instrumental in securing Malaya’s independence in 1957. But, it was not the only factor. Other factors such as the British government and the United Malays National Organisations(UMNO) were also instrumental in securing…

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