Colombia’s government and the rebel group FARC reached an agreement May 17‚ 2014 on ending the illegal drug trade. The deal called for FARC to cooperate with the government in convincing farmers to grow crops other than coca‚ which is used to make cocaine. The announcement was made Friday in Havana where the two sides have been negotiating an end to a 50-year-old insurgency. Colombia was the world’s leading producer of cocaine until Peru recently overtook it in cultivation of coca. The cocaine industry
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A large portion of FARC’s profits now come from drug trafficking; however‚ they weren’t major drug traffickers when Plan Colombia was first implemented. Peter Dale Scott‚ a professor at the University of California‚ Berkeley and author of several books on this topic‚ noted that the Colombian government estimated in 2001 that paramilitary groups controlled 40% of the cocaine exports; whereas the FARC controlled only 2.5%. The FARC had been more involved in the “taxing” of the drug trade‚ but they
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Mexico’s Revolution Ariel Elias HIST 112 Proffesor Cummings 17 February 2013 Ariel Elias Professor Cummings Hist 112 17 February 2013 Mexico’s Revolution Many nations across time and the world have experienced a revolution. From the American revolution to the French revolution‚ history has proven conflict can engage a nation at any moment. Tanter explains that two possible scenarios‚ changes
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achieve this is regardless of grade inflation‚ students must be smarter and look ahead‚ grades wont get people the job‚ grades will get people the interview; student’s knowledge will get them the position they deserve. Work Cited C‚ Alvaro. Personal interview. 15 July. 2013. Caruth‚ Donald L.‚ and Gail D. Caruth. "Grade Inflation: An Issue For Higher Education?." Turkish Online Journal Of Distance Education 14.1 (2013): 102-110. ERIC. Web. 18 Sept. 2013. Kennedy‚ Donald. “What Grade
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Evaluate the recent trends on the ethical considerations and social responsibilities of multi-national companies. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organizations consider the wellbeing of the public by taking responsibility for the effect of their actions on all stakeholders; customers‚ employees‚ shareholders‚ communities and the environment in every aspect of their operations. This responsibility is seen to extend beyond the statutory obligation to comply with legislation
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Guatemala This paper is written in an effort to inform the reader about cultural similarities and differences between Guatemala and the United States of America in expectation that cultural knowledge will be shared. This will be done by using internet sources as references. One of the differences is the food. Although both the US and Guatemala have a great variety of international restaurants‚ it is not as common for the citizens of Guatemala to eat in these restaurants; they are mainly for tourists
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Alvaro Islas Texas Government Contreras June 5‚ 2014 United States Involvement in the Middle East The United States involvement with the Middle East has its roots stretched far back‚ but became more expansive and practiced after World War II. During the Cold War‚ the U.S. worked to prevent Soviet Union influence by supporting anti-communist regimes and backing Israel against Soviet-sponsored Arab countries. The United States also came to replace the United Kingdom as the security patron of the
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The Mutiny The start of the voyage was on September 20‚ 1519. Magellan and a crew of approximately 300 men parted from their families‚ getting ready to face the most turbulent experience ever. They faced a storm as they reached the equator in a country called Sierra Leone. To make everything worse‚ Magellan found out that 3 of the Spanish Captains were planning to kill him and King Manuel sent ships to sabotage their voyage. To avoid the ships from Portugal‚ Magellan ordered the captains to sail
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Beauty Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) His students painted and he put the final touches Lisa la Gioconda—his neighbor’s wife Not attractive‚ shy Da Vinci hires a six piece orchestra to play for her—she started opening up Mona Lisa is a composite of 6-7 women Had an affair with da Vinci Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) She is nude Owned by the French King Leo flees there He dies in France The perfect Italian Ren. Woman Leo put his self portrait in Lisa Mary Magdalene (Donatello) Beautiful
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July 30‚ 2007 What are the key reasons for Government regulation of the private sector? In an economy there are two sectors‚ the public and private. The private sector‚ by definition‚ is the part of a nation’s economy that isn’t controlled by the government.(Investorwords). Several business organizations make up the private sector with the three basic ones being sole proprietorships‚ partnerships‚ and corporations. Most are for profit and part of that profit goes to the government in the form
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