International Brigades

Creating Fairtrade in the Cocoa Industry The demand for cocoa has increased by at least 5 percent each year since it has developed into an industry. While that demand has been steadily increasing, so has the production of how much cocoa is being produced. While the rapid and steady increase in the need for cocoa, nations who are main producers do not have the adequate agricultural practices to supply nations with enough cocoa around the world. In the long history of the cocoa industry,…

Think of the city of Sao Paulo as the Brazilian Big Apple, only sweeter. With 15 million people, Sao Paulo rates as the third largest city in the world, complete with all the problems of an ever-burgeoning metropolis - skyscrapers, traffic jams, slums, pollution, and noise. But there is also a certain kind of charm in the residents of the city (called Paulistanos) that somehow makes these problems seem less imposing. Taxi drivers are honest {mais ou menos), waiters gracious, and shopgirls -…

In today’s world, people can talk to someone halfway across the world with the push of a button, and products like food are imported from just about every country in the world. In such an interconnected world, they way the government interacts with other countries, or foreign affairs, has only become more important. The US relies on many countries and many rely on us, so it’s crucial that a strong plan for these relations is developed, a plan that will lead to success not only for the US itself…

Globalization and Human Nature Responses Globalization is when countries come together to help one another by buying and selling goods. Globalization can be a confusing process at times and can bring stress. A good thing about the system is that people are living longer. I believe globalization will speed up, especially in America, because it has been hard finding jobs lately. Also because under developed places can get the opportunity to get more developed. The update is that the outcome of…

Death Penalty was a subject that peaked my interest and a topic I have always felt strongly in favor of. I wanted to educate myself a bit more and dive deeper into the subject by choosing it to do this paper. Currently in the United States as of November 9, 2016, thirty-one states use the death penalty. While 13 states do not use the death penalty, and four states have a gubernatorial moratoria. A gubernatorial moratoria means that “A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or…

The République de Côte de Ivoire, also known as the Ivory Coast, is a country in West Africa bordering Mali and Burkina Faso to the north, Liberia and Guinea to the west, Ghana to the east, and Gulf of Guinea to the south. The country surface area measurements equal to a total of 322,462 sq km (124,503 sq miles,) and is known to be the home for about 20.6 million people. The population includes more than 60 different ethnic groups with a wide range of religion. Islam being the most predominantly…

In the “Exploring globalization” textbook (page 52), the topic is the “Banana wars”. The banana wars was a six year trade battle between the US and the EU. The US complained that the EU broke free trade rules by giving the smaller banana companies special access to European markets, through removing tariffs. The page mentions, “the transnationals protested the european policy, saying that it was unfair”. I believe that it is fair, though it is not equal. Fairness also known as equity, ensures…

Athens was able to expand their city-state widely and increase their land which is a benefit in many ways. One way that greater land is a benefit to a civilization is that it provides more land for a higher population. This can help a civilization by creating a higher population of people available for farming, government officiating, opening more people that can join the army, and finally, greater increasing the chances of smart philosophers to be born. The expansion of population is one of…

There is a common concept in some parts of the world that globalization of a community or country is wrong, and that it will have irreparable impact on the culture. This concept, while it may seem true for some people in their own opinion, for all it will not because globalization is inevitable. Kwame Anthony Appiah in Cosmopolitanism, calls to question this idea of globalization and the effects it has on homogeneity and culture. Essentially, the cultivation of his argument is the idea that…

Child Soldiers were once just like other children: friendly, joyous, and unaware of the dangers of the world. That is until they were exposed to the outside world, where they lost their true selves. For example, one child soldier described how he was under his commanders control. “....I had three [injections]. After these injections and eating the rice mixed with powder, I would turn like a motor vehicle, I could do anything for my masters. I perceived our enemies like they were dogs and all…