Veronica Guerin-The one who stood up Veronica Guerin (5 July 1958 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish journalist who was murdered on the 26th June 1996‚ on the Naas Road‚ Dublin‚ as a result of her work as a crime journalist specialising in the drug world of Dublin. Guerin was born and brought up in Artane where she lived with her four siblings and her parents‚ Christopher and Bernadette. She acquired the nickname "Ronnie" during her childhood and she received her education in the Catholic schools of Dublin’s
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suppression of the masses through censorship and terrorism‚ and policies of aggressive nationalism and racism (“Fascism”). Francisco Franco first implemented this government policy in Spain after witnessing its achievements in Germany and Italy. Franco’s strong nationalistic and military upbringing was the basis for his fascist dictatorship. What made Franco the “ultimate fascist dictator” was the fact that he was more palatable to the western countries. His focus was not on world domination
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Franco Prussian War: July 1870-January 1871 • Louis Napoleon surrenders to Prussians in September 1870 • Sept4: Parisians declare 3rd Republic o Government Of National Defense instituted • Government flees Paris to Bordeaux • Offers no help for Paris • Siege of Paris begins by mid-September o Most well to do have left city • Servants and workers are a majority---Unusual o Public meetings legal again o Starvation Increases o Economy falters o Cold and Disease o December: Bombardment
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treaties always work as the basis for further integration of the European Union. Although the Franco-German relationship is old‚ it continues to be vital today. According to one German professor of the International Relations and the chair of the department of political and social sciences at the European University Institute (European University Institute‚ 2015)‚ Ulrich Krotz‚ “a long-term perspective on the Franco-German relationship
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down and proclaim the end of the Spanish Civil War. This disastrous war left behind 500‚000 people dead and a country that had been damaged and internally divided. Francisco Franco‚ a Nationalist general‚ took control of Spain and was named “Caudillo de España”. He then ruled Spain through an authoritarian dictatorship. Franco was a careful and systematic leader‚ and his main goal after the war was to reconstruct Spain and make the nation powerful again. He was convinced that he could inaugurate a
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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Hamlet basically share the same characters and story. However‚ in Shakespeare’s ghost scenes‚ Zeffirelli uses narrative and film techniques to create a kind of suspenseful atmosphere and to cause feelings of compassion for Hamlet. In the film‚ Zeffirelli makes some changes in the narrative techniques‚ like act 1 of the play for example‚ by rearranging the plays story line‚ like adding to the settings of each scene‚ and not having
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8 What were the consequences of Franco’s victory in the Spanish Civil War? A. Plan of investigation Seventy-two years have passed since the end of the Spanish Civil War and 36 years since the death of Francisco Franco and the birth of a new and democratic Spain. As far as we know‚ there are no books specifically written about the consequences of the Spanish Civil War. That is what we will try to do in this written account. Most specialists agree that foreign
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number of different techniques‚ quite differently at times‚ to put across their particular interpretations of the play. These methods and different interpretations are very obvious if one studies the same scene as portrayed in each film. We looked at Franco Zeffirelli’s 1970’s version of the play and Baz Luhrmann’s recent adaptation produced in 1996 and focused on their interpretation of the scene where Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time. The first thing I noticed is that costume is very important
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The Importance of Napoleon the III and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 France in the 19th century was a country that was in trouble. In the beginning of the century its people were picking up the pieces from overthrowing a powerful and well established monarch. The people had to weather a failed first republic and the Napoleonic Wars. French people then had to deal with a restoration of the monarchy and a return of the power to the Bourgeoisie. Living as a common person in France was no easy
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contrast the iconic forms of representation of Francisco Franco AND Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.” This essay considers the question above by addressing the notion of “dictatorship” and its representation through iconography. We look at the definitions of “propaganda” and “iconic” and the context of the two dictators themselves‚ and then compare the techniques and actions used to promote these two individuals as icons. Francisco Franco governed Spain with an iron fist from 1939 to 1975 following
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