 | Israel National Anthem Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories Israel occupied since the 1967 war are not included in the Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Israel and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo Accords") guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement. In April 2003, US President BUSH, working in conjunction with the EU, UN, and Russia - the "Quartet" - took the lead in laying out a roadmap to a final settlement of the conflict by 2005, based on reciprocal steps by the two parties leading to two states, Israel and a democratic Palestine. However, progress toward a permanent status agreement was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between September 2003 and February 2005. An Israeli-Palestinian agreement reached at Sharm al-Sheikh in February 2005, along with an internally-brokered Palestinian ceasefire, significantly reduced the violence. In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military. The election of HAMAS in January 2006 to head the Palestinian Legislative Council froze relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Ehud OLMERT became prime minister in March 2006; following an Israeli military operation in Gaza in June-July 2006, he shelved plans to unilaterally evacuate from most of the West Bank. The kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Lebanese Hizballah led to a 34-day conflict in Lebanon in June-August 2006. Land boundaries: total: 1,017 km border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km. Population: 6,426,679 note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2007 est.) Ethnic groups: Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004). Administrative divisions: 6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html |
 | New Cuban National Anthem With Fidel Castro apparently terminal, perhaps it's time for Cuba to have a new national anthem. |
 | La Bayamesa La Bayamesa, the national anthem of the Cuban Republic. Socialismo o muerte! Hasta la victoria siempre! Viva Castro, viva Che y viva communismo! |
 | Mexico National Anthem The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. The elections held in 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that an opposition candidate - Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) - defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was succeeded in 2006 by another PAN candidate Felipe CALDERON. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html |
 | United States Of America National Anthem Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island note: from 18 July 1947 until 1 October 1994, the US administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; it entered into a political relationship with all four political units: the Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the US (effective 3 November 1986); the Republic of the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21 October 1986); the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 3 November 1986); Palau concluded a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 1 October 1994 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html |
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 | Panama National Anthem Explored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain in 1821 and joined a union of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador - named the Republic of Gran Colombia. When the latter dissolved in 1830, Panama remained part of Colombia. With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. In 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of the century. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the subsequent decades. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were transferred to Panama by the end of 1999. In October 2006, Panamanians approved an ambitious plan to expand the Canal. The project, which is to begin in 2007 and could double the Canal's capacity, is expected to be completed in 2014-15. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html |
 | Brazil National Anthem Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822 and a republic in 1889. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of the country when in 1985 the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. Highly unequal income distribution remains a pressing problem. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html |
 | La Guerra de Cuba http://www.artehistoria.com/histesp/videos/147.htm El Grito de Baire, el 24 de febrero de 1895, inició la Segunda y definitiva Guerra de Independencia en Cuba. Las sublevaciones tuvieron lugar en diversas poblaciones, como Bayate, Yara, Santiago, La Confianza o La Lombriz. Los generales Antonio Maceo y Máximo Gómez y el líder José Martí, desembarcaron en dos puntos del Este de la isla. El mando español le fue confiado inicialmente al general Martínez Campos, quien trató infructuosamente de aislar los focos rebeldes. Ante su fracaso, dimitió en enero de 1896, siendo sustituido por el general Weyler. Desde el primer momento, el avance de los insurrectos fue imparable. José Martí llevaría a sus tropas hasta Dos Ríos, donde morirá en una escaramuza. Antonio Maceo se dirigió hacia La Mejorada. En poco tiempo, los rebeldes controlaron la zona oriental de Cuba. Posteriormente, ambas fuerzas se unen e inician un rápido avance hacia el occidente de la isla. El siguiente combate se produce en Cascorro, donde alcanzó la inmortalidad Eloy Gonzalo. Más tarde, los rebeldes rompen la línea defensiva española de Júcaro-Morón. La siguiente batalla se produce en Mal Tiempo, en diciembre de 1895. En Punta Brava, en el mismo mes, muere Maceo. En enero del año siguiente, tras haber roto la línea Mariel-Majana, la expedición de los insurrectos llega ya al extremo oriental de la isla. Generalizada la rebelión en toda Cuba, la situación se mantiene estable durante los meses siguientes. Las tropas de Weyler intentarán limpiar las provincias de insurrectos, mientras que estos responden con combates de guerrilla. Sin embargo, en enero de 1898, el gobierno de Estados Unidos envió el crucero Maine a La Habana, oficialmente para proteger los intereses norteamericanos. El 15 de febrero, en un confuso accidente aún poco explicado, el crucero ardió. Ése fue el pretexto para que los Estados Unidos declararan la guerra a España e intervinieran en Cuba. En abril, 18.000 soldados americanos desembarcan entre Daiquiri y Santiago, al tiempo que se produce el bloqueo por mar de esta última. La superioridad militar norteamericana se impuso rápidamente, como se reflejó en el enfrentamiento naval de Santiago de Cuba. La derrota en la guerra le valió a España la pérdida de Cuba y Puerto Rico, en el Caribe y de las Filipinas y Guam, en el Pacífico. |
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