Cinco De Mayo, What Is It?
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that has a different level of significance dependent on where and who is celebrating it. For instance, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated quite differently in the United States as compared to Mexico. Many synonymously associate the holiday with Mexican Independence however this in fact is a misconception. The history behind this holiday is a symbolic one where Mexico fought foreign invaders and their imperialistic goals to build a dependent empire within Mexico.
How to Set Up Good Relations With RussiaRussia treated Ukraine like an aggressor who occupied Crimea and a part of East Ukraine, infringing on the international laws and agreements. Agreements that there signed by Russia itself. This was possible because of former president Barak Obama.
Of Rice And An Economy Driven by Women: Bittersweet TaleKogi is a centrally located state in Nigeria which is formed at the confluence of River Benue and Niger, giving rise to the name ‘confluence state’. This story today is of rice and an economy driven by women. The women of Kogi, who are quietly but actively involved in the local rice trade spread across every corner of the state.
Vietnam – The Land That Time Forgot, But I Haven’tGreat Britain’s Prince Harry recently disclosed his personal difficulties in dealing with the loss of his mother, Princess Diana. In National Geographic Magazine, Cory Richards writes about lifelong debilitating symptoms like his panic attack after summiting Mt. Everest. In my own life, while learning to accept what is, writing about a traumatic experience allows me to look at it objectively. It’s just a story.
How South Africans Soon ForgotXenophobia in South Africa – When South Africa was in her troubled waters, Nigeria and indeed other African countries stood by her to ensure she gets out of the trouble waters, to see to the end of Apartheid. It was so brutal that it claimed so many lives and others were jailed in the process, the likes of Late Nelson Mandela et’al. During this period, African leaders mounted pressure on the P. W. Bother regime to end apartheid and to hand over power so that South Africans can govern themselves.
The Next Place to InvestIndia’s new tax system promises to change nearly everything we’ve come to know and accept about the Indian economy. The winners are the Indian economy, the Indian people – and foreign investors…
The Unintended Effect of the Immigration Ban on Global BusinessThis article analyzes the effect of Executive Order 13769, otherwise known as the “Immigration Ban”, on the United States economy. It analyzes the effects it could have on the economy as a whole, and more specifically, within the technology industry.
Radical Islam or Bin Ladenism / Khomeiniism? Religion or PoliticsThe West has been in a war with an enemy that seeks to change its form of government, utterly change its culture and destroy its way of life since at least September 11, 2001. However, the West has been paralyzed in this war almost from the beginning for failure to know how to label the enemy because the ideology of the enemy has its roots in religion.
The Sinking Feeling Regarding the American Trump Administration Felt by the WorldWhat kind of administration is it when the obvious is overridden by cover-up and fear while the President of the United States has power to end the world as we know it? Discontent is growing when even the FBI is subjected to his whim, as shown with the sacking this week of its Chief. While many looked up to the USA as a leader of peace and security that is no longer the case.
Mary, the Sun-Star, Is Their Principle GodWho would have thought it? Mary, the chief God of the Catholic Church, is none other than the sun. While she is dreamed of and worshipped by millions little do they know of the origin of this figure and how it came to be the most prominent image the Church displays.