WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION? The primary purpose is that it had been a very intense and oppressive dictatorship. Fulgencio Batista had been Cuba’s innovator for most of time since arriving to energy in an army hen house in 1933. He remained a master until 1940 when he formally became a chosen chief executive. The selection was not a reasonable one‚ but Batista honored the idea of democracy when he was beaten in the 1944 selection‚ and quietly passed energy over to his competitors.
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dramatically‚ for example as it did at moments during the Indian Independence Struggle‚ the US Civil Rights Movement‚ various labor struggles (i.e. the United Farm Workers movement in the mid-late 1960s)‚ and the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos (1986)‚ Augusto Pinochet (1988)‚ Apartheid in South Africa (1980s-90s)‚ Slobodan Milosevic (2000)‚ and the authoritarian system in Ukraine (2004). Or‚ shifts can happen more subtly‚ as when people choose to shop at locally owned businesses‚ boycott a product‚ or work
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Ashley Simons "Secrecy and a free‚ democratic government don’t mix‚" President Harry Truman once said. Harry Truman understood the importance of an open government in a free society. Unfortunately‚ George W. Bush has a different outlook. From the first days of his administration‚ President Bush has taken steps to tighten the government’s hold on information and limit public scrutiny of its activities. Expansive assertions of executive privilege‚ restrictive views of the Freedom of Information
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What lessons can be learned from history about how to deal with human rights violations? Your answer should make reference to at least 3 historical case studies. To fully understand what the question is asking we must first define what is meant by ‘Human Rights’ and what constitutes a violation of these rights. Once this essay has defined what a human rights violation is it shall then go on to describe periods in history where there has been a clear breach of a peoples human rights and describe
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1 International Baccalaureate History of the Americas HL Required Summer Reading Study Guide Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America By John Charles Chasteen Foreign Affairs November/December 2000 states: Born in Blood and Fire is a briskly written yet sophisticated introduction to Latin America that will be greatly welcomed by non-specialists and experts alike. Chasteen paints on a very broad canvas‚ but he succeeds in capturing with enviable conciseness the major ingredients
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The Cold War became a dominant influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th century. It escalated due to antagonist values between the United States‚ representing capitalism and democracy‚ and the Soviet Union‚ representing communism and authoritarianism. Being the two dominant world powers after WWII‚ contention between the Americans and Soviets became a global conflict. The Cold War differed from most wars in that it was as much of a propaganda war as a
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coup was attempted against Allende in June 1973. After the coup‚ Chileans witnessed a large-scale repression‚ which started as soon as October 1973‚ with at least 70 persons murdered by the Caravan of Death. The four-man junta headed by General Augusto Pinochet abolished civil liberties‚ dissolved the national congress‚ banned union activities‚ prohibited strikes and collective bargaining‚ and erased the Allende administration’s agrarian and economic reforms. The junta jailed‚ tortured‚ and executed
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communist state less than 100 miles from Floria 4. Some believe Castro’s death will cause a collapse of the government iii. Chile 1. Latin America’s exemplar of parliamentary democracy 2. Chile was governed by a military junta under General Augusto Pinochet. The military government pursued a close relationship with the US and resisted Marxism iv. Nicaragua 1. Sandinistas overthrew the corrupt dictatorship of the Somoza family in Nicaragua in 1979 2. The US was hostile towards the Sandinistas
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Azocar as president. Due to the 1980 constitution‚ however‚ Pinochet was able remain as army commander for eight years. 2.2. Consolidation of power & attitude towards opposition General Pinochet utilized many horrible and brutal systems for guaranteeing his long term control over Chile. Firstly‚ Pinochet understood that for him to achieve what he wanted‚ he would need to change the way the Chilean government worked. He did this by remocing every single political partie‚ which disposed of
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militarism appeared in many of the post-colonial nations of Asia (i.e. North Korea‚ Myanmar and Thailand) and Africa (i.e. Liberia‚ Nigeria and Uganda). Militarist regimes also emerged in Latin America; some‚ such as the right-wing administration of Augusto Pinochet in Chile‚ gained power in coups through U.S. support‚ while others‚ such as the leftist Hugo Chavez of Venezuela‚ were elected. Germany Prussian and later German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck‚ left‚ with government officials Roon (center) and
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