Part A: Plan of Investigation This investigation evaluates the reasons for the coup attempts that took place against the government of President Carlos Andrés Perez‚ the first one in 4 February 1992 and the later one in 27 November 1992. In order to reveal these factors that caused and resulted from the dismissal of the President‚ this investigation mainly focuses on the economic background Venezuela was facing‚ the political decisions made by Perez and the ideology the people had against
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You Want to Talk About it? Have you ever been in a sticky situation where you didn’t really know how to respond? President Kennedy was in this position during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. John F. Kennedy was put in a bad situation during the Cuban Missile Crisis where he had to decide‚ along with all of the Excomm members‚ how to properly remove the missiles from Cuba. Although President Kennedy may have acted inappropriately at certain times‚ he was always sure to make his wrongs into rights
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John Urry’s‚ The Tourist Gaze (1990)‚ interpolates the discussion of tourism in pleasure sought in environments outside the “normal”. The intersectionality of cultural discourse and the interoperability of socioeconomic tourism act‚ in part‚ of “consuming goods and services which are in some sense unnecessary” (1). There is a corollary between “supposedly” generated forms of “pleasure experiences” which are desired for their atypical “set of different scenes” (1). “landscapes or townscapes [which]
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Embargo on Cuba Cuba is a Communist island nation about 90 miles from Florida’s coast (Cuba). The United States (U.S) has a trade embargo against Cuba. It was first established for the sale of arms on March 14‚ 1958‚ during the Fulgencio Batista regime. Couple of years after the regime was ejected by the Cuban Revolution; the U.S. placed an embargo on some exports to Cuba‚ except for food and medicine. On February 7‚ 1962 the embargo was extended to all supplies from and to Cuba. This embargo was
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Augusto Pinochet was the general of the Chilean army who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He was born in 1915 in a Chilean city called Valparaiso. He became the leader of Chile after he eliminated Salvador Allende who was a socialist president. Pinochet joined the Chilean army at the age of 20(1935). He was a military officer but rose through the ranks and was then appointed as Commander in Chief by President Salvador Allende in 1973. After a month of being appointed as Commander‚ Pinochet led the
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Spanish-American War: (1898 (April-August)) Fought between April and August 1898‚ the Spanish-American War was the result of American concern over Spanish treatment of Cuba‚ political pressures‚ and anger over the sinking of USS Maine. Although President William McKinley had wished to avoid any type of war‚ American forces seized the Philippines and Guam. This was followed by a longer campaign in southern Cuba which culminated in American victories at sea and on land. In the wake of the conflict
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Ernesto Guevara Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928-1967) was an Argentine physician and revolutionary who played a key role in the Cuban Revolution. He also served in the government of Cuba after the communist takeover before leaving Cuba to try and stir up rebellions in Africa and South America. He was captured and executed by Bolivian security forces in 1967. Today‚ he is considered by many to be a symbol of rebellion and idealism‚ while others see him as a murderer. Ernesto was born into
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Huelskamp‚ though not particularly vocal on the issue of the Cuban embargo‚ represents the interests of Kansan farmers on the embargo‚ and encourages the thawing of relations and the development of trade and tourism opportunities. Being a Republican from KS-01‚ Huelskamp has to contend with the interests of various Kansan commodity organizations‚ which are vocal supporters of lifting the embargo‚ but also the establishment Republican position of maintaining the embargo. However‚ Kansas is one
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Case study #2- Mark Cuban * I looked up Mr. Cuban under that textbooks information and one other sites and asked my friend what she thought about him while she found information other places and much to my surprise she found not one good thing to say about this man while i found him to be determined supportive and coach worthy for something he loved while running a billion dollar business. I guess who you get your information from is what will sculpt your first impression of somebody.
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Melquíades Rafael Martinez can be acknowledged as an important person in the shaping of Florida to be the way it is today. Marinez first became a Florida senator in 2005. He is known for sponsoring many bills in Health‚ Social Welfare‚ and Economics and Public Financing. Mel is also widely known for being the first Cuban-American to serve in the U.S Senate. Mel should be recognized as an important Hispanic-American in Floridian history because he cares about Floridian’s safety and health as well
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