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… “The man who doesn’t ask his country for even a handful of earth for his grave deserves to be heard, and not only to be heard, but to be believed.” —Augusto C. … . … Craig Verniest … Milestones … Nicaragua … South & Central America … Colonialism/Imperialism … …

… American citizens have been restricted from visiting the island for generations. Morro Castle, the imposing 18th-century … one side by an enormous cathedral. Catholicism blended with African spirituality and the practice of Santeria that … Diplomacy/International Relations … Cold War … Caribbean … South & Central America … Postcards … A Postcard From …

… an anti-American populist, called on Latin America to stand-up to what he sees as imperial U.S. policy towards the … nations, eastern Europe, most of Asia, and even parts of Africa. Politicians have been able to capitalize on this … emigration rates to the U.S. in comparison to countries in South America. The increasing salience of immigration policy …

… us of the dangers involved in allowing scientific knowledge and national security to justify what the New York Times  … more well-known) Tuskegee experiments in which hundreds of African Americans with syphilis were studied without being … for testing and treatment. … Lydia Dixon … Milestones … South & Central America … Guatemala … Public Health, …

… Point Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the … Dalai Lama and his supporters had sought refuge in Dromo, south Tibet. According to the Dalai Lama’s autobiography, … in Tibet. … Jigme Yeshe Lama … Milestones … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Tibet … Colonialism/Imperialism … …

… censorship policies, continuous attempts to enrich uranium, and 2009 elections resulting in mass protests, arrests, and … of the word "Persian," which comes from Fars province in southwestern Iran, home to Iran's most ancient … 2008) … Ayse Baltacioglu … Reviews … Middle East … Iran … South Asia … Ancient … Colonialism/Imperialism … Iran for …

… crowds marched through the streets of China's cities, demanding an end to official corruption and more political … behaves outrageously, the United States, Russia, Japan and South Korea appeal to the Chinese Communists for help, … N. Wasserstrom … History News Service … China … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Civil/Human Rights … Global/Transnational … …

… Hamid Karzai threw his support behind an astonishing and repressive law that would make it illegal for women of … and collect nervous reports of Taliban activities in the south. With few exceptions, what we did not see were women … The Pashtun are the dominant population in the eastern and southeastern portions of Afghanistan and the western …

… focused substantial efforts to improve  agricultural output and efficiency, especially for small farmers who have … sought to boost food production in nations of the Global South with the goal not only of increasing prosperity but … Taylor B. Cozzens … Features … Peru … Food & Agriculture … South & Central America … International Organizations … …

… possible. From February 22 to 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue … the Marcoses in exchange for an anti-Communist bulwark in Southeast Asia. By the mid-1980s, however, foreign policy … ahead. … Mark John Sanchez … Milestones … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Philippines … Revolution … …

… terrorist incidents failed to punish the terrorists and certainly did not protect the United States. The United … personnel from North Vietnam to the communist insurgents in South Vietnam. American efforts to cut the trail were … Service. … Stacy Bergstrom Haldi … History News Service … South Asia … Afghanistan … Military/War/Peace … Soviet Union …

… film Captain Phillips (2013), directed by Paul Greengrass and based upon the 2011 memoir by Richard Phillips, tells … self-righteous, his ship loaded with food aid for hungry Africans, Phillips instructs his 20-man crew that if boarded … Dam ” … Andrew Carlson … Connecting History … Africa … Somalia … Economics/Business/Trade … Terrorism … …

… narcotic drug deep into China ’s politics, public health, and economics but also cemented the country’s status as both a prize and a battleground for Euro-American imperialist powers. The … … Drugs/Drug Policy … Colonialism/Imperialism … East Asia & Southeast Asia … The Second Opium War …

… On March 12, 2011, an explosion rocked the towns of Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima, Japan, but few were there to hear … the United States test detonated a hydrogen bomb in the south Pacific, the fallout from which coated a Japanese … and mutated by American hydrogen bomb tests in the South Pacific. Bill Tsutsui, renowned scholar of all things …

… tallest mountain ranges, the Himalayan, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram. While Gilgit-Baltistan has been a part of … the percentage of children not in school, and the first in South Asia . Rural girls in the country receive an average … them. [All photos by author] … Kathryn Metz … Postcards … South Asia … Pakistan … Youth/Childhood … Education … Women …

… will have a missile that can reach the United States and when it does a Second Cold War will begin. The failed … Whether the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, accused by South Korea in the 1980s of ordering the bombing of two … History News Service … Cold War … North Korea … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Nuclear Power & Weapons … The Dawn of the …

… the Philippines provides a clear object lesson in how to handle the Iraqi situation. And that lesson is to do what so … because of their suffering under Saddam, the Shiite south and Kurdish north, are treacherous. Just as was the … … Michael D. Richards … History News Service … East Asia & Southeast Asia … United States … Philippines … …

… the Philippines provides a clear object lesson in how to handle the Iraqi situation. And that lesson is to do what so … because of their suffering under Saddam, the Shiite south and Kurdish north, are treacherous. Just as was the … … Michael D. Richards … History News Service … East Asia & Southeast Asia … United States … Colonialism/Imperialism … …

… of Ethiopian refugees suffering from a devastating famine and a vicious civil war. She expressed her frustration with … of food aid through the Ethiopian government in the south instead of trying to reach the famine ravaged … History-Changing Dam … Andrew Skabelund … Milestones … Africa … Ethiopia … Civil/Human Rights … Food & Agriculture …

… Cuban Missile Crisis. Comparing President Kennedy’s action and President Bush’s intentions, Secretary of Defense Donald … a Shiite majority, a Sunni “Marsh Arab” minority in the south, and a Kurdish minority in the north, not to mention a … News Service … Middle East … Iraq … Japan … East Asia & Southeast Asia … World War II / WWII … Playing Fast and …

… the historic rivalry between the Almendares Scorpions and the Habana Lions.  Yet intertwined within this tale of … leagues were racially integrated, Robinson and other African-Americans would be able to play in freedom (29). … 2015). … Alexander Haight … Reviews … Sports … Caribbean … South & Central America … Racism & Racial Ideas … Cuba … …

… of the New York Yankees baseball team in the 1950s and the Chicago Bulls basketball squad in the 1990s. … team? Will the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea become a safer place if the Korean peoples’ … Brent Toplin … History News Service … Sports … Brazil … South & Central America … Class & Labor … Brazil’s Soccer …

… away, that parents are being separated from their children, and the termination of Temporary Protected Status for 57,000 … Kate was saying about the role of the military, because the Southern Command has a really big role here, not just because of Soto Cano Air Force Base, but it's also the Southern Command of the military is an engine that runs of …

… they tell about themselves?  In Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor of … outline with his own travels and photographs across Southeast Asia.  Nothing Ever Dies is most certainly a … Press, 2016. … Michael Orr … Reviews … East Asia & Southeast Asia … United States … Vietnam … Vietnam War … …