According to the Wikipedia article “Economy of Haiti”. Banks in Haiti have collapsed on a regular basis. In 2000 President Aristide had introduced a non-sustainable plan of “cooperative” which promised investors a 10 percent rate of return. In that same year those cooperatives fell apart and Haitians had lost over $200 million U.S. dollars collectively. Also since most of Haiti’s
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been ruled by dictators François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and “Baby Doc‚” his son. During that time‚ an 30‚000 Haitians were killed for being rebels against the Duvalier rule. The country had a few months of democratic rule with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide‚ who was overthrown in a sudden seizure of the government that led to help by the United Nations. Their help still continues today. In 2008 Haiti was hit by four tropical storms‚ which severely damaged the roads‚ farms‚ and other means of travel
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could keep the Persians out of Europe. However‚ Pausanias lost authority when rumors were spread that he wanted to collaborate with the satrap of nearby Hellespontine Phrygia‚ Artabazus. He was recalled by the Spartan authorities‚ and the Athenian Aristides‚ who may have been behind the rumors‚ took over the command of the Greek army. Although Pausanias was cleared of all accusations‚ the Spartans now decided to remain outside the war against Persia. For Sparta‚ the main war aims had been reached now
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Born June 22‚ 1909‚ in Glen Ellyn‚ Illinois‚ near Chicago‚ Dunham enjoyed the security of a middle-class suburban existence for the first four years of her life. Her father‚ Albert Millard Dunham‚ was a tailor who had his own business in Chicago. Her mother‚ Fanny June Guillaume Taylor‚ who was twenty years older than her husband‚ was an assistant principal at a city school. Dunham’s life changed drastically though‚ in 1914‚ when her mother became seriously ill and died‚ leaving Albert to raise Katherine
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Humanitarian intervention poses a hard test for an international society built on principles of sovereignty‚ non-intervention‚ and the non-use of force. Immediately after the holocaust‚ the society of states established laws prohibiting genocide‚ forbidding the mistreatment of civilians‚ and recognising basic human rights. These humanitarian principles often conflict with principles of sovereignty and non-intervention. Sovereign states are expected to act as guardians of their citizen’s security
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References: Bainbridge‚ T. (1998) The Penguin companion to European Union. London: Penguin CLIOTEXTE (2012) Discours d ’Aristide Briand devant la Xe session de l ’Assemblée de la Société des Nations [online] available from [20 March 2012] EUROPA (2012) Basic information on the European Union [online] available from [20 March 2012] EUROPA (2012a) Robert Schuman (1886-1963)
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The Printing Press It is argued that the printing press is one of the most significant inventions of all time ranked alongside the wheel and the plow (Johannes Gutenberg and‚ 2009). The man credited with its invention is Johannes Gutenberg‚ born of Mainz‚ Germany around 1400 (Childress‚ 2008). Johannes began his work with the printing press around 1430 and developed his first prototype somewhere around the mid-15th century. As with most inventions‚ Gutenberg’s press had precedents in history
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Summary for “Denaturalizing ‘Natural’ Disasters: Haiti’s Earthquake and the Humanitarian Impulse from p.264 to p.268 in “Become an Active Reader” by Andrew D. Pinto‚ On 12 January 2010‚ at 16:53 local time‚ Haiti experienced a catastrophic magnitude-7.0 earthquake 25 kilometres west of the capital‚ Port-au-Prince. More than 220‚000 people died and 2.3 million were displaced‚ while the magnitude-8.0 earthquake that struck Chile on 27 February 2010 resulted in fewer than 800 deaths‚ despite its higher
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The Effects of World War I on European Society Persia‚ The Ottoman Empire‚ Serbia‚ Montenegro‚ Spanish Morroco‚ these are names of countries that are no longer with us today‚ but were major European countries before the outbreak of World War I. With the new inventions of the theatre and automobiles‚ Europe was on an upswing. That all ended on June 18‚ 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Gavrilo Princip‚ a student‚ shot and killed
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He also rode out in style‚ winning the Breeders Cup Classic. American Pharoah is arguably one of the best race horses of the decade. The first step for Pharaoh was the Kentucky Derby. The first Derby took place in 1875 when Aristides took home the win. The Derby takes place on the first Saturday in May. Pharoah barely beat out stablemate Dortmund who was the betting favorite in the race. After that‚ he raced at Pimlico Park in the Preakness. He was able to win on the sloppy track
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