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    Mexico ’s Drug War: Defined by Corruption The following publication is rife with manipulation and corruption of Mexico ’s highest regarded political positions and jurisdictions. Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado officially declared drug trafficking a national security threat in early 1988. The United Nations estimate that 70% of the drugs flowing into the United States comes directly from Mexican drug trafficking cartels. Mexican cartels rely heavily on bribes and corruption

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    Mexico’s War on Drugs Sinaloa is the hometown of the “Sinaloa Cartel” ran by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman it’s labeled as the biggest as well as the most powerfullest cartel. Sinaloa is known as the “The Drug Capital of Mexico.” Not only is it just the Sinaloa Cartel there are other major cartels involved in the War on Drugs. And other trafficking methods are convoluted. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman the head of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel was born in Badiraguato Mexico. His life was shaped by his family’s

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    British North America and the United States during the war of 1812. Abstract This paper consists of three statements based on the causes and impacts on British North America and the United States war in 1812. The first section will basically be an introduction of the British North America and the United States war. It will cover the important dates and information’s. For instance‚ when it happened and where the actual battles occurred. The second section is mainly about the causes of the war where the

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    The Effects of the Cold War on the Americas For nearly fifty years‚ the world lived in fear as two super-power nations quietly battled for power‚ respect and popularity of their respective political views. The Cold War arose out of the ashes of the failed alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union in World War II. Many different factors could be linked to the actual cause of the Cold War‚ however many agree that the political future of Eastern Europe was the major spark that ignited

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    to drugs. The War on Drugs started in the 1970s. It’s the government’s work to fight drug misuse and trafficking. Prez Nixon made this term popular. This has changed a lot over the past 50 years due to social and pull factors. This looks at how the War on Drugs began‚ its effects and if it works. Drugs go back to the 20th century. In the US‚ rules have been introduced for narcotics. The first drugs were herbs‚ plants‚ roots‚ vines‚ and fungi. Anyone could grow these? But‚ Nixon made the "War on Drugs"

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    Declare War There where many factors that lead to America’s decision to declare war on Germany in 1917. The war with Germany had been going for 3 years before America entered the war‚ at first America made it clear that it would remain neutral to follow George Washington’s belief that America should not get involved in foreign affairs or alliances. But as the war went on Americans began to believe that we should go to war with Germany. Many factors that lead for us to enter the war like the

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    Illegal Drug Use During the Vietnam War‚ American soldiers and officials used illegal drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin and opium to release stress from war and to kill the pain of an injury. The uses of narcotics were not strictly monitored and were sold at low prices increasing the amount of usage. The use of illicit drugs may have also resulted in some sexual assaults that led to children with mixed nationalities. Before the Americans came into Vietnam‚ drug laws were not well determined and people

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    Star Wars: A Short Story

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    like duck hunting or football‚ this fall comes with plenty of heavy hitters. Fallout 4‚ which has had millions of people waiting for almost ten years‚ hit on Nov. 10. The latest installment of Call of Duty hit on Nov. 6. A reimagined version of Star Wars: Battlefront hit on Nov. 17. The surge of releases make gamers everywhere hit desks and beds and beanbags‚ and some don’t get up for any old obligation like class or work. The fact that some gamers take time off or flat out skip out on their obligations

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    The major effects that the Vietnam war had on America were that America spent 168 billion dollars on the war‚ so America was financially in trouble. It also made the people of America think about war differently in general because of the horrible things they thought America was doing in Vietnam. It changed the racial war America was fighting‚ people seeing blacks and whites fight side by side for the same cause really made people see how similar they were. In 1969 President Johnson introduced a

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    Drug Trafficking - essay

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    DRUG TRAFFICKING The topic I have chosen to write is about drug trafficking. This topic is very interresting to me because right now‚ everywhere you go its a hot topic. In my country drugs are a very big problem‚ too. So‚ nowadays this topic is increasing to top and unfortunately drug trafficking is an easy way of earning mone for some people. Drug trafficking causes multiple problems for families and communities. The most important problem are the teenagers. Drug traffic is also influencing

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