Monday, June 11, 2012

Blog 5

Talking about the change of power in any country is a very complicated thing, a good example to show this is the history of a country affected by the world war. In this essay I will talk about how the country of Ethiopia changed the way of govern trough the years.

First, Ethiopia was an ally of The United States in the world war II, in 1934 a group of 1500 soldiers attacked an italian military base. Ethiopia adopted some cultural characteristics and behaviors of the United States army. However, around 40 years later, Ethiopia was at war with Somalia because the Ogaden region was captured,  the help Ethiopia received wasn't from the United States, it was from URSS, Cuba, Yemen and North Korea. When Ethiopia received help from these countries it changed the way of govern to a socialism. Ethiopia have received help from capitalist and socialist countries, and this has definitively affected it, for example, the freedom of the United States and the patriotism. In the other hand, the integrity of the socialist countries.

With these two examples it can be seen that Ethiopia was really influenced by the countries that helped its government to get over. The power of monetary help from many countries will always affect some characteristics of other countries. Ethiopia is a very influenced country, that's why in 1994 a new constitution was adopted and the first multiparty elections happened in 1995. Nowadays Ethiopia is a federal parliamentary republic. Germany and Greece are two examples of this type of government.

In conclusion, when a country helps another one to overcome trough tough problems such as wars, the helped country will sometimes adopt some characteristics of the helping country. Some of the characteristics could be cultural, political, or even gastronomical. But at the end, there will be differences like the monetary system, religion, etc.

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