South America

Since the enactment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in 2000, there have been many that have had rather mixed feelings about the trade deal. Let’s take South Africa as an example. While some African business within South Africa that are involved in the both importing and exporting have expressed their delight in the trade deal by seeing it as an opportunity and taking advantage of it, there are some, especially within the poultry industry, that see the trade deal as a threat to the…

This essay will look at the evidence for and against the afore mentioned statement, that institutions are the fundamental determinant in economic developement. To answer the question i will begin by looking at the case of North korea and south Korea, two countries that were once very similar in terms of development but now have very different economies. Also the essay will look at the effect that european colonialisation had on the institutions that formed in respective colonised countries,…

country. Due to North Korea’s struggle with her economy, a myriad of North Koreans evacuates to South Korea by crossing over the 38th parallel and risking their lives. Nevertheless, walking around Seoul, there are hardly any North Koreans. When they are found in public, South Koreans either keep distance from them or stare at them with despise; the 38th parallel seems to be segregating the North and the South among society as well. North Koreans recognize the hatred and either stay away from the…

took place in Vietnam, between North (communist) Vietnam, and South (noncommunist) Vietnam, which was supported by the United States. It was a long and complicated war that strongly affected both the United States and Vietnam. While there were many significant events and battles that shaped the Vietnam war, the most important turning point in the war was the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was a large scale attack by the North on the South. It began on January 31, 1968 and didn’t end until…

treaty with South Vietnam and the United States. However, North Vietnam retaliated with sending their troops to fight the war in cities in South Vietnam and this led to Johnson sending more American troops to fight the war in the cities of South Vietnam. The spring of 1965, the United Stated felt that they wouldn’t win the war but the President was not going to give up so easy, so he send 500,000 troops to Vietnam. In 1968, North Vietnam was organizing a plan to surprise attack the South. They…

civil war fought between the communist’s states of North Vietnam and the capitalist South. The North Vietnamese wanted to join with the south as one united communist country. Whilst the communists in the North were supported by the Soviet Union and other countries who favoured communism, the South was supported by anti-communist countries primarily, the United States. Consequently, the US aided the French and the South Vietnamese as the…

My Traitor’s Heart by Rian Malan continuously explores the contrast between the white South African and black South African experiences. The Braaivleis initially is presented as a “profound cultural ritual” (107) started by early Afrikaner settlers. This piece of culture proves very important because it is an essential piece of the beginnings of white settlers history in South Africa. However, the contrasting experiences that Malan frames the Braaivleis with provides perspective into the true…

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” These words were said by Harry S Truman, thirty-third president of the United Sates of America. Truman was a very normal man before his presidency, just a farmer, from a small town. He fought in world war one, came back with his wife and statrted a business, but he was elected County judge and after that he took off in many government posistions. In ninteen…

that New Zealand had not allied with its usual countries e.g.Great Britain. The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam/Viet Cong (communist - run by Ho Chi Minh) and American ran South Vietnam. As the war raged on in the early 1960’s, and the Viet Cong got closer and closer to the south, namely Saigon, America decided to intervene and send New Zealand and Australian troops to help out. The war ended with the Communist North winning the war and Ho Chi Minh taking over in April 1975 New…

South Korea South Korea was once one of the poorest country in its region, its development over the past fifty years is remarkable considering its dark history. The peninsula, that was once a part of the Japanese Empire became the property of The Soviets and The Americans after World War ll. The possession of this country between these two opposing world forces only laid the foundation for further conflict. With The Soviets believing in Communism and the Americans practicing Capitalism…