Expropriation

As the new Castro government self-proclaimed they were Marxist-Leninists, US relations with Cuba dissolved (History.com). Castro nationalized all American businesses in Cuba and developed very close ties with the Soviet Union. Because of Cuba’s expropriation of American assets, radical left-wing ideals, and close geographic proximity, American policymakers viewed the island as a “grave concern” (history.state.gov). The CIA construed an operation called the Bay of Pigs, which consisted of Cuban…

journalist Sandra Cuffe, " A new cruise ship port is now open for business in Trujillo, a town of just over 10,000 about 400 kilometers north of the Honduran capital. Rio Negro, a Garifuna community was largely displaced under the threat of forced expropriation to make the way for the project." Jorgensen who made his money by launching adult video stores all over Canada is threatening the expansion in the Garifuna tow of…

We do live in a world in which religious reasonings justify violence. We often think of it in terms of Islam, but we forget that our own Scripture (Old and New Testaments) have been used to justify violence. There is the possibility that our own Scripture will continue to be used to justify violence. This book is not so much a defense of Islam, as an uncovering our propensity to use our Scripture to justify violence in our struggles with others. Christians throughout Christian history (and…

Henry Reynolds purpose in his memoir “Why Weren’t We Told” is to bring social reform in Australia regarding the reconciliation of the Indigenous. In his attempt to portray his purpose, Reynolds illustrates the misinterpretations of the Indigenous people which he argues is due to both political omission and neglect. Reynolds by writing in a memoir structure allows the use of personal anecdotes, which help Reynolds to create an intimate appeal to the audience. The first personal anecdote is about…

For week eleven, the topic for the set of readings was based upon how nationalism is formed in countries as well as several factors that go into modern state building, post-colonialism. The 1950s seemed to be an era where several European countries were letting go many of their colonies, especially in Africa. Relationship between these states seems to be one where it has left a significant impression on the colonized, affecting not only their history but how these states would develop their own…

great example of it is Cuba, Fidel Castro has ruled Cuba since the 1950s. He did whatever was possible at his hands to get Americans out of Cuba, he addressed to the people by using socialism as a form of freedom, he taught to the people that expropriation of private sectors is nationalism and improvement, and he said that the imperialist country was the United States. While all this was happening to Cuba, the Soviet Union and…

Institutions and the resource curse - Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene and Ragnar Torvik In the article ‘Institutions and the resource curse,’ Mehlum et al. (2006) contend that the key to explaining the paradoxical result - which often associates natural resource richness with lower economic growth - lies in the condition of a countries institutions. They assert that institutional quality is a barrier, restricting natural resources. Such resources should theoretically increase the wealth of nations…

federal or provincial governments and the remaining 11% is privately owned. Foreign investors who want to set up a business and register property in Canada have full and fair access to the Canada’s legal system. Any disputes regarding property expropriation could be resolved through the mechanisms available to them by the Government of Canada. This gives rise to the high favourable index for land dispute resolution. (Protection of Property Rights, 2015) Getting credit Data from Doing Business…

Master and slave morality is a prominent theme in Nietzsche’s work Beyond Good and Evil. Master morality is an attitude of being to moral and appalling, respectively. Slave morality is an attitude which holds to the standard of that which is beneficial to the weak or powerless. Besides the differences, there are also similarities between them, including using this relationship as an undertake to getting to the basis of what it means to be “good” or “bad” and both types of morality being equally…

Interteam Trust and Organizational Outcomes Trust plays a crucial in initiating, establishing, and maintaining relationships in social interactions as well as organizational functioning (Balliet & Van Lange, 2013). The role of trust in facilitating achievement of objectives in the context of intrateam is well researched. However, as highlighted above, with very few exceptions (e.g., Serva et al, 2005; Tsai & Ghoshal, 1998), hardly little has been done on the on the role of interteam…