Halfway between Hawaii and the Philippines, the Marshall Islands are made up of more than 1,200 islands situated on twenty-nine coral atolls, twenty of which are uninhabited. It is estimated that its first settlers did not arrive until 2,000 BC,…
“One day I will walk along Gran Vía when Morocco has recovered Ceuta and Melilla. That will be when Gibraltar is returned to you.” They were words of the then king of Morocco, Hassan II, half a century ago to…
Water scarcity as a driving force of conflicts Water is a vital element for the survival of people. It is not only necessary for the sustenance of the human body, but it is essential for the irrigation of crops, the…
Until the mid-19th century, Africa was a practically unexplored continent for Europeans. Apart from the north, sailors and merchants had been limited to its coasts, whose population fed the triangular trade of the Atlantic with slaves. Over the years, missionaries…
They say that history is written by the victors. That the romantic and heroic rhetoric of a war only finds recognition in the winning side, whose exploits and deeds resonate in popular memory forever and ever. The losers are often…
Founded in 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) is an institution of the European Union that is in charge of the monetary policy of countries whose currency is the euro. Its main objective is to ensure price stability that maintains…
The Sabra and Shatila massacre was the murder of Palestinian and Lebanese refugees by the Lebanese Forces from September 16 to 18, 1982. This armed group, the military wing of the conservative Maronite Christian party Lebanese Falanges, left some 2,000…
The Six Nations League The debate over the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy remains open. Everything seems to indicate that it has its origins in the 16th century, although some authors date it back 300 years, before the arrival of…
To the south of the city of Djibouti, capital of the country to which it gives its name and in what was once the town of Ambouli, is located, attached to the only airport with a paved runway in the…
In the United States, going to university is not only a time of stress for the bank accounts of parents and students, but also a period of transition to adult life and approaching the long-awaited American dream. It is not…