The Arab Spring was intended as a harbinger for democratization. While it has succeeded and brought democracy to some countries‚ governance in others have remained the same. Amongst the countries involved in the Arab Spring‚ there are poorer countries like Syria‚ Tunisia and Libya. Thus‚ given the international spotlight that these countries were under‚ it is critical for us to know if democracy is an ideology that should be embraced by poorer countries. I feel that poorer countries should embrace
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in the past decades‚ politics has been a topic that has caused deception and discontent to Peruvians; this is the reason why effigies are mostly created to represent politicians as showed in this passage from essay one: “we made an effigy of Alberto Fujimori‚ who was the president at that time‚ and who didn’t have a good reputation.” Since my family is very interested in politics‚ this ritual is a joy for them. The part of the ritual they enjoy the most is the burning of the effigy. This doesn’t
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2011-17951 Date submitted: August 29‚ 2013 Ownership of Media and Its Implications The Issue of Media Ownership Media ownership has been a hot topic for quite some time. In the Philippines‚ where private-ownership of the media is more common‚ the issue now is whether or not foreigners can own more than 40% of a media company. This is a country that has also experienced dominance of state-owned media under martial law and during that time‚ and Filipinos did not accept that sitting down but
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Terrorism "Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme‚[12] and originally referred specifically to state terrorism as practiced by the French government during the Reign of terror. The Jacobins cited this precedent when imposing a Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.[14][15] After the Jacobins lost power‚ the word "terrorist" became a term of abuse.[8] Although "terrorism" originally referred to acts committed by a government‚ currently it usually refers to the killing of innocent
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State of Fear‚ The Truth about Terrorism It took a while to process this movie and understand the complex relationships between counterterrorism and counterinsurgency‚ civilians‚ and terrorists groups. State of Fear connects topics we’ve discussed‚ since the beginning of the semester‚ to explain the challenges in defining terrorism and removing terrorism within a society. Learning the history and story of Guzman was fascinating and disturbing because of his effectiveness in manipulating people
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Country report PERU Summary Now that the worst of the economic crisis is over‚ the balance can be made up for Peru as well. GDP growth will fall to 1% in 2009‚ a steep drop from the 9.8% registered in 2008. However‚ in comparison to its peers‚ this can be considered a good result. Monetary and fiscal stimuli have supported growth so far. However‚ with regard to the fiscal stimulus‚ the bottom of the treasury chest is in sight. On the back of higher spending and falling revenues‚ the budget deficit
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man named Alberto learns a very valuable lesson from his neighbor Juan. Alberto learns a lifelong lesson that his selfish pride is very foolish‚ and being kind and generous is more rewarding. In the beginning of the story‚ Alberto was seen as being very selfish and wanted his apple tree all to himself. Alberto also brags that he has the best apple tree around town. "It bears the finest blossoms and the finest apples." "That makes me the finest man in the Pueblo." This quote makes Alberto seem that
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the world. It is a good and interesting source of knowledge about Philosophy. Sophie ’s World is both a novel and a lecture of the history of philosophy therefore the theme of the novel is Philosophy. The main character of the novel is Sophie and Alberto. They represent us‚ people‚ who needs philosophy to understand our world. Gaardner stresses that to be a philosopher we must never stop asking questions. It does not matter that there may be no answer to the question we ask. Because asking itself
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Alberto Knox is the hero of Sophie’s World. Alberto Knox is the one who helps Sophie get out of the book Albert is writing. Alberto teaches Sophie philosophy and this is the only way out of Albert’s book. Alberto also found the way out of the book‚ to begin with‚ and that means that he is the hero because he discovered the way to escape. Alberto is the hero of Sophie’s world because he helps Sophie escape‚ he teaches Sophie philosophy‚ and he found the way out of the book Albert is writing. Alberto
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the questions. Although at first she does not know‚ later on Sophie learns that Alberto Knox is the name of the philosopher who is teaching her. He sends her packages via his dog Hermes. Alberto first tells Sophie that philosophy is extremely relevant to life and that if we do not question and ponder our very existence we are not really living. Then he proceeds to go through the history of western philosophy. Alberto teaches Sophie about the ancient myths that people had in the days before they tried
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