Tag: United States

During the 1960s, new international difficulties arose, this time in the American hemisphere itself and indeed in the immediate vicinity of the United States. On the island of Cuba, where…

By 1980, the inflation rate had risen to 13.5%, nominal short-term interest rates to 11.4%. Since October 1979, the Federal Reserve had radically changed the conduct of monetary policy. The…

Caucus (voice of Algonquian origin) – The term originates in Boston in the eighteenth century from the name of a political club in which local affairs were discussed, staff were chosen…

Taking office in the White House on January 20, 2001, Bush marked the first phase of his presidency with a series of initiatives that mirrored the guidelines of his election…

San Agustín (or Saint Augustine in English) is a city located in the county of Saint John (San Juan) (Florida), United States, in the region known as “First Coast” of Florida. At the 2000…

Geography Springfield is at a natural crossroads, at the confluence of three rivers. The longest river in the New England states, the Connecticut River, flows through Springfield. On the Connecticut…

Westchester is a county of the State of New York, the United States. It is a major suburb of New York City founded in 1963, with an estimated 2012 population of 961,670. It is…

The controversial results of the November 2000 presidential election highlighted the difficulties of the American people in finding a new leader worthy of his task. Republican GW Bush was elected,…

CULTURE: CINEMA. THE THEME OF WAR AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT Since the beginning of the Second World War, many directors had been in charge of following the phases of the conflict,…

The approximately 6000 km² national park is located in the largest contiguous swamp grass landscape in North America, the Everglades. It is located on the southern tip of the Florida…