Cuba has recently discovered oil reserves in offshore fields of Cuba’s share of the Gulf of Mexico that can approximately be rounded to contain 200 million barrels of natural recoverable oil. At the same time Cuba rejoices from this discovery coincedently the U.S is promoting to normalize relations with Cuba’s government. This significant discovery can lead for Cuba to stop their dependance on foreign oil and compete at hand with the US’s oil reserves and become part of the top 20 countries to produce
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The guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi‚ whose cunning and ferocity have provoked one of Africa’s longest civil wars‚ was killed today in a battle in eastern Angola‚ The Rebel Leader of the The United Union for Total Independence of Angola(UNITA) was killed in battle February 22nd‚ 2002. “Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi fought until the very end”‚ say officers who have been describing their final gun battle with the man who spent most of the last 40 years in armed conflict. The 67 Year old rebel
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Many of the reasons certain events in Cuba’s history transpired were influenced by wealth‚ economy‚ and race‚ but more importantly religion and culture. Unlike today‚ people were very influenced by religion and made it an active apart of their everyday lives. It had the power to influence the economy and government decisions‚ not just personal beliefs. However‚ because of this there was a lot of miscommunication and turmoil in issues between different races‚ social status (lower class‚ middle class
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In an interview granted to members of the Hemispheric Institute during the Encuentro Excéntrico (2017) in Chile‚ Martiel shares that his grandparents emigrated to Cuba from Haiti and Jamaica “para trabajar la zafra y recoger café.” In this way‚ it is possible to read his performance as containing an autobiographical aspect‚ as he is‚ literally‚ “hijo de haitiano.” Although Martiel states that his grandparents never returned to their native Haiti and Jamaica‚ the performance can be understood as a
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The United States‚ a country founded under the oppressive regime of a tyrant on the notion that all people have basic unalienable rights‚ repeated mistakes made earlier in the Cold War at The Bay of Pigs. Like his predecessors‚ Truman and Eisenhower‚ Kennedy made a fundamental mistake in Cuba; he did not bother to learn about the people‚ culture‚ or language of the area he planned to invade. If he had‚ he would have been made aware of Fidel Castro’s overwhelming support throughout Cuba‚ and perhaps
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In this short talk by Filipe Castro Matos‚ he begins his argument by stating to “go beyond natural.” By pushing our limits beyond our comfort zone‚ we are able to reach things we’ve never imagined before. Matos‚ however‚ does not mean it on a large scale. No employing hundreds of people or saving lives in Africa‚ he talks about how the smallest changes can have a large impact. The speaker shares his story about a challenge he did in the past of waking up at 4:30 AM for 21 consecutive days. By simply
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CHAPTER 1 THE BACKGROUND AND ITS SETTING ➢ Introduction ➢ Background of the Study ➢ Problem Definition ➢ Significance of the Study ➢ Objective of the Study ➢ Scope and Delimitation CHAPTER 2 EXISTING SYSTEMS OVERVIEW ➢ Background of the Company ➢ Organizational Structure and its Function to the Organization ➢ Existing System Overview ➢ Analysis for Existing System Cost Show the ff: ▪ Labour Expense ▪ Utilities Expense ▪ Rent
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Michael Anthony L. Leachon Obligation and Contracts Case Digests PNB VS CA 315 SCRA 309 FACTS: * October 23‚ 1990 Lily S. Pujol opened an account with the petitioner PNB(Mandaluyong branch.) She applied for a “combo account” under her business name “Pujol Trading.” This account is a combination of a savings and current account wherein if there are insufficient funds in the current account of the owner then the funds of the savings fund will be used. PNB thereafter‚ issued a passbook with
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DBQ The Effects of the Cuban Revolution on Women’s lives and Gender relations in Cuba from 1959 to 1990 The lives of women had changed in a good way. The way it was before the revolution they had no rights and their husband or father was the one in charge‚ as it says in document 1 “…the mothers and the daughters had to tolerate the male authority as longed they lived the father or husband.” No matter what starting from birth if you were a girl you were always gonna be under male authority whether
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War seemed to be at an all time high in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Many global powerhouses like America and Spain were determined to conquer land that posed potential benefits and financial growth. In this case America’s neighbor Cuba offered a unique range of crops and business possibilities. Originally Cuba was under the Spanish rule‚ and evidence supports the claim that many cubans did not want to be under the spanish rule for several reasons. This eventually lead to some cubans migrating
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