On August 7, 1998, coordinated terrorist bombings occurred at the United States embassies in the cities of Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people. The attacks were carried out by al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The bombings were a retaliation for U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War and U.S. support of Israel.
In those societies where individuals are immersed in a regime of social relations with differential access to the means of production, it is understood that such differentiation is associated with a given property regime and, therefore, requires an instance of power that is capable of guaranteeing t
The arrival of Europeans in America is part of the so-called geographical discoveries. The causes will be economic, scientific and political:Europe wanted to find a direct route to reach the so-called spice islands. After the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, the desire became a neces
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The Barão do Rio Branco was a Brazilian journalist, politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil from 1902 to 1912. He went down in Brazilian history for having resolved important border issues with Argentina, France and Bolivia. After all, it incorporated 900,000 km into