Articles tagged with: Iraq
Earning Money in a Global World, Economic Opportunity, Global Creativity »
Miguel doesn’t have a dime in his pocket. Not twenty pesos. In Mexico, he figures, it takes at least 32 pesos a day to feed a family as big as his. Fuhrat has five hundred thousand dinars-but it doesn’t mean much since it takes nearly that amount to buy a loaf of bread in Iraq. That’s if you can find one in the local marketplace, which is most often closed due to threats of violence. Hanna has a vision, but in Bulgaria, it takes more money than she has to make it real. Or so she thinks. …
Economic Opportunity, Taxi Driver Wisdom »
The United States embargo against Cuba has been in place since 1962. In international politi-speak, an embargo is the prohibition of commerce and trade with a country. The purpose is to cause the government of that country to have internal conflict as its economy suffers in consequence of the sanctions. In “The Cuban Democracy Act” of 1992, the US formally mandated continuing embargo as long as the Castro regime refuses to progress toward democratization and greater respect for human rights. In 1996, Congress further restricted US citizens from doing business with Cuba, prohibiting any public or private assistance to the Castro regime and any successor regime, unless certain conditions demonstrating approach to …
