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    Color discrimination is defined as a human being of the same race are treated differently based on their skin pigmentation‚ complexion‚ or skin tone. Your skin is made to bear the blame for the guilt‚ time‚ history‚ and death. There are numerous pigmentocracies throughout the world‚ and variability the light-skinned people in which are determined to have the highest social status. These are then followed by the brown-skinned‚ who occupy intermediate positions‚ and finally by the black-skinned who

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    People’s Government‚ Castro spent much of his time trying to explain the superficially incompatible need for one of the world’s last forceful Marxist regimes to explain the importance and need for the foreign currency. With this speech‚ he asked the nation to accept the lack of access to tourist centers‚ which he said was not a short-term measure. "We have to maintain this for as long as the country has a need for foreign currency and does not have other means of acquiring it‚" Fidel Castro said. "We are

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    Fox-Martin Planning Timeline 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing 1949 – Soviet Union develops atomic bomb 1959 – Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba via a Coup 1960 – US places trade embargo on Cuba 1961 – US break diplomatic relations with Cuba (Steps taken by America ‘declared war’‚ Cuba ready to revolt) 17 April 1961 – 1500 Cuban exiles land on Bay of Pigs; intention overthrowing Castro September 1962 – Soviets equipped Cuba with missiles‚ tanks and radar vans October 1962 – U2 American Spy Plane

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    Communism vs. Democracy Communism is an original system of society‚ quite different from Democracy in many ways. While total democracy is not widely spread‚ many forms of it are successful throughout the world today. One of the first and major differences between a Communist and Democratic government is their contrary economic systems. In a communist government‚ the community owns the major resources and means of production. The goal of such a system is to prevent

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    flow of trade from the United States into Latin America. The Kennedy Doctrine was based on these same objectives but was more concerned with the spread of communism and Soviet influence in Latin America following the Cuban revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power under Eisenhower during the 1950s. Some of the most notable events that stemmed from tenets of JFK’s foreign policy initiatives in regard to Latin America and the spread of communism were: The Bay of Pigs Invasion‚ April 17‚ 1961‚ Increase

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    contributed greatly to the Cuban Missile Crisis is the ‘Bay of Pigs’ invasion in April‚ 1962. It was essentially an illegal attempt which was encouraged and funded by the CIA/Cuban Exiles to invade Cuba. The Americans felt it necessary to invade when Fidel Castro came to rule‚ turned his country into a communist nation and nationalized all American companies. This process of nationalization ensured that Cuba gained the benefits from privately owned American companies.The Americans failed miserably‚ and

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    18 in the United States. Cuba is surrounded by countries used as cartel way stations. Latin American drug flows to the United States are shifting away from Mexico and toward the Caribbean. Fidel Castro ran into a drug smuggling scandal during his tenure as president. In return for massive payoffs‚ Fidel Castro was providing the protection of Cuban ports and territorial waters to major drug smugglers shuttling between Latin America and the southeastern United States. In 1989‚ a high ranking military

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    Pazor Vue World History Period.1 Mr. Dixon June 5‚ 2014 Cold War Analyze and evaluate the key causes and outcomes of the Cold War. Critique how the Cold War helped to promote peace or justified ongoing armed conflict. Based upon scholarly evidence‚ could the Cold War have been prevented? Examine how the Cold War is having an impact on the world today. Elaborate upon key social‚ economic‚ and political movements that occurred during

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    weakness will do anything to stay powerful. Before Cuba became allies with the Soviet Union they were associated with the Americans. Fidel Castro the current leader of Cuba came in and overthrew the previous leader and started to do what he believed was right. Thousands of Cubans left when he came into powers‚ but many stayed because they had the same views as Castro. He sided with the Soviet Union and took the economic resources they offered. The US saw this as a threat. This allowed the Soviet Union

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    Who was responsible for the assassination of JFK? John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the 35th president of the united states‚ was assassinated at 12:30 pm on Friday‚ November 22‚ 1963‚ in Dealey Plaza‚ Dallas‚ Texas. Despite the many imaginative conspiracy theories such as‚ the Mafia‚ FBI‚ or CIA being directly responsible for the assassination‚ the most plausible and logical explanation is that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK. This particular theory is most credible due to the evidence

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