By Rainer Sousa The glamorization of the material culture of other peoples is a very common practice in many strongholds of western culture. Permeated by an interest that intensified in the 19th century, with the imperialist wave that determined the arrival of colonists in different parts of the pla
The Mercosur is the acronym for Southern Common Market , an economic bloc currently composed of four South American countries, created on March 26, 1991. There are five countries that make up Mercosur:Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. The latter, however, is temporarily suspended
I personally dont like it, but James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, has a politically flashy track record. The 5th President of the United States James Monroe is also from the Virginia landowner class. Naturally, given that Americas first colony was Virginia, its worth no
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States Navys Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The attack destroyed 13 warships and 188 aircraft, and killed 2,403 US military personnel and 68 civilians. Fearing a possible attack against the American president, F