MEXICO CITY — Long before becoming president‚ when he was a soldier‚ Hugo Chávez organized cultural activities‚ most notably beauty pageants. On a stage‚ microphone in hand‚ Mr. Chávez served as host‚ pumping up the audience and announcing the winner. The showman in him already struggled to emerge from under the uniform. Mr. Chávez said he imitated the proceedings he had seen on television in these improvised contests. This is how he learned to play to an audience. When he tried to seize power through
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After many years of non-stop action‚ America finally fell into an uneventful lull. The 1970s were an in between period for the nation. It is often referred to as America’s hangover; a stretch of time where the country had no forward motion. The traditional family and gender roles were becoming more obsolete. The Middle East substantially rose the price of crude oil‚ which was accredited to the severe inflation the nation experienced during this time. President Carter did little to help the country
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Jake Marzofka “Breaking Into Watergate” As I read through “Breaking into Watergate” I found it a very interesting read. Based on the knowledge I knew about the Watergate scandal and what I have read in the opening section of the chapter‚ I did not know a lot. The author presented a great summary on what actually happened during court trails as well as confessions and how the court figured out that Nixon was a part of the whole thing. The author’s main focus on this chapter was about evidence
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In 1985‚ The Iran and Iraq war is feuding overseas and America had an embargo against selling arms to Iran. Our President was Ronald Reagan and the National Security Adviser was Robert McFarlane. “Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States‚ McFarlane sought Reagan ’s approval” McFarlane told Reagan “that the sale of arms would not only improve U.S. relations with Iran‚ but might in turn lead to improved relations with Lebanon‚ increasing U.S. influence in the troubled Middle
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What other words besides big‚ oversized‚ & colorful would describe the 1980’s fashion better? Big curls‚ neon tights‚ leg warmers‚ & how could you forget the blue eyeshadows & bright lipstick? From afros to perms to cover girl to clinque were popular things & brands were popular in this decade. The 1980s introduced anywhere from skin tight pants to Mchammer pants. In the 1980s lots of historical and politics were happening that affected fashion in a way. “In the decade of 1980 US President
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The Iran Contra Affair Scandals‚ never really a matter but did this not mean that they were non-existent. Scandals do exist in the United States the biggest scandals are the one where everybody is involved I’m referring to the presidential scandals. Society took notice of how government was keeping information a secret. So U.S citizens dove in deeper to the political region to discover these unknown facts. Presidential scandals became more known after LBJ pentagon papers. Then suddenly Nixon’s
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All the President’s Men It was June of 1972‚ and little did the American people know‚ that their highly esteemed government was soon to be caught in one of the biggest scandals of all time; Watergate. This was one of the biggest impacts on why citizens currently have distorted views of our government and its leaders being thought of as immoral and corrupt. When two reporters named Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were assigned to further investigate this scandal the truth began to unfold
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Watergate Scandal (Newspaper) Watergate was a tragic event that became a downfall for many people in the White House‚ and it cost a lot of careers too. One afternoon burglars broke in the Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate complex‚ but in fact‚ it was a former CIA agent named James McCord. He was also an advocate for the re-election of President Nixon which brings many questions to mind. The committee tried to spy on the democratic headquarters by placing listening devices in the offices
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Assignment Presidential Elections Allison Buchholz Date: November 28‚ 2012 1972 Nixon vs. McGovern My thoughts for President Nixon’s commerical’s were all for him. I thought that he was the right choice to be President at the time. There were two commericals that really got my attention‚ McGovern’s Welfare and Youth commericals. These two commericals got my attention because this is how I feel today and I am sure the citizens feel this way right now too. What President Nixon did in 1971‚ signing
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On June 17‚ 1972‚ the U.S. had one of the biggest lies in the history of the White House. President Richard Nixon did some scandalous things to the other party to ensure his reelection. This was known as the Watergate Scandal. President Nixon and his committee took an aggressive approach to their campaign. During his final months before the reelection was to take place‚ he felt threatened by the opposing democratic party. Richard Nixon and his committee came up with a scheme to cheat their way to
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