Oli Impan by Alberto S. Florentino After the liberation of Manila‚ hundreds of indigent families settled in the squalid‚ cramped space of the bombed ruins of an old government building of Juan Luna. For more than a decade these “squatters” tenaciously refused to move out in spite of court rulings. The “casbah”‚ as the compound was popularly known‚ became a breeding place for vice and corruption. The city government was able to evict the “squatters” only on December 20‚ 1958 – five days before Christmas
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the first elected president to turn over power to a constitutionally elected successor since 1945. Alberto Fujimori won the 1990 elections. Citing continuing terrorism‚ drug trafficking‚ and corruption‚ Fujimori dissolved Congress‚ suspended the constitution‚ and imposed censorship in April 1992. By September‚ most of Shining Path had been vanquished. A new constitution was approved in 1993. Fujimori was reelected in 1995‚ and again in May 2000 to a third five-year term‚ after his opponent‚ Alejandro
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Populist People Influencing Latin America (Argentina‚ Venezuela‚ and Peru) Latin American Politics POLS 335 Nathan Bacon Latin America is at a crucial turning point when talking about political influences and movements in some of regions countries. There have been many leaders that have influenced countries like Venezuela‚ Argentina‚ and Peru. There are not only important figures that are apart of or have influenced important populist and revolutionary movements but there
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Bateman 1 CONFLICT IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON: A STUDY OF POLITICAL PROTEST IN BAGUA © 2010 By Joseph Bateman A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies Croft Institute for International Studies Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College University of Mississippi University‚ Mississippi Spring 2010 Bateman 2 Table of Contents Chapter One Introduction ...................................................
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Montesinos was head of Peru’s intelligence agency for nearly a decade under Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori‚ who resigned after allegations against Montesinos began to surface; he is now in self-exile in Japan. The Venezuelan authories and the FBI helped accelerated the capture of Montesinos. http://www.aprodeh.org.pe/noti-apr/2001/25jun2001.htm
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Cited: Chong‚ Alberto‚ & Lopez-de-Silanes‚ Florencio. (2000). What are the costs and benefits of privatization in Latin America and the Caribbean?. The Latin American and Caribbean Research Network Project‚ Retrieved from http://www.iadb.org/res/laresnetwork/studies/st70tor
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The Arab Spring was intended as a harbinger for democratization. While it has succeeded and brought democracy to some countries‚ governance in others have remained the same. Amongst the countries involved in the Arab Spring‚ there are poorer countries like Syria‚ Tunisia and Libya. Thus‚ given the international spotlight that these countries were under‚ it is critical for us to know if democracy is an ideology that should be embraced by poorer countries. I feel that poorer countries should embrace
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2011-17951 Date submitted: August 29‚ 2013 Ownership of Media and Its Implications The Issue of Media Ownership Media ownership has been a hot topic for quite some time. In the Philippines‚ where private-ownership of the media is more common‚ the issue now is whether or not foreigners can own more than 40% of a media company. This is a country that has also experienced dominance of state-owned media under martial law and during that time‚ and Filipinos did not accept that sitting down but
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in the past decades‚ politics has been a topic that has caused deception and discontent to Peruvians; this is the reason why effigies are mostly created to represent politicians as showed in this passage from essay one: “we made an effigy of Alberto Fujimori‚ who was the president at that time‚ and who didn’t have a good reputation.” Since my family is very interested in politics‚ this ritual is a joy for them. The part of the ritual they enjoy the most is the burning of the effigy. This doesn’t
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