A government is the system or group of people that exercise authority and make and enforce decisions for a political entity, such as a country or city. Governments are typically responsible for providing services and infrastructure to their citizens, such as schools, roads, and public utilities. They also make and enforce laws, regulate businesses and industries, and represent the interests of the people they govern.
There are many different forms of government, and they can be classified based on various factors, such as the number of people who hold power, the extent to which power is shared or centralized, and the level of democracy or participation in decision-making. Some common forms of government include democracy, where power is held by the people through elected representatives; monarchy, where power is held by a king or queen; and authoritarianism, where power is held by a small group of individuals who rule with little or no input from the people.
Ongoing news reports in the international media have revealed operational details about the Anglophone cryptographic agencies’ global surveillance of both foreign and domestic nationals. The reports mostly emanate from a cache of top secret documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which he obtained whilst working for Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the largest contractors […]
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English Etymology When used idiomatically, probably an allusion to a police officer blowing his or her whistle on observing a violation of the law. Verb blow the whistle (third-person singular simple present blows the whistle, present participle blowing the whistle, simple past blew the whistle, past participle blown the whistle) (idiomatic, usually with “on”) To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency. In some jurisdictions, it is illegal
The Banana Killing was a massacre of United Fruit Company workers that took place between December 5 and 6, 1928 in Ciénaga, Colombia, near Santa Marta. On November 12, 1928, the workers went on strike, refusing to work until the corporation reached an agreement with them to provide them with respectable working conditions. After several
Javier Treviño (born December 11, 1960 in Monterrey, Mexico), was appointed Mexico Deputy Secretary of Education by President Enrique Peña Nieto on November 20, 2014. He was elected Member of Mexican Federal Congress (Diputado Federal) in 2012.Javier Treviño Javier Treviño combines a solid and successful business-government experience along his nine-year career of high-level corporate experience and
Kochubey was a Crimean Tatar family of the Cossack Hetmanate and later the Russian Empire. Over the years many representatives of the family held high government positions. Members Vasyl Kochubey Connected families SkoropadskyApostolLyzohubBezborodko
Little Coxwell is a village and civil parish in South East England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Faringdon and 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east of Great Coxwell. Little Coxwell was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Cistercian monks of Beaulieu Abbey built the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary in the 12th century as a chapel of ease. Little Coxwell was a dependent chapelry of
Federal Government President: George Washington (no political party-Virginia) Vice President: John Adams (F-Massachusetts) Chief Justice: John Jay (New York) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frederick Muhlenberg (Anti-Admin.-Pennsylvania) Congress: 3rd Events January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of Vermont and Kentucky as the
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Aristocracy is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. The term derives from the Greek aristokratíā, meaning ‘rule of the best’.
Machiavelli believes that the ends always justify the means, no matter how ruthless, calculating, or immoral those measures are. Although Tony Soprano and Shakespeare’s Macbeth are well-known Machiavellian figures, the man whose name originated the phrase, Niccolo Machiavelli, did not follow his own cynical rule book. Instead, when Machiavelli wrote The Prince, his astute guide
Decentralized finance, often known as DeFi, is a technology that allows financial products to be made available on a public decentralized blockchain network. As a result, instead of passing via intermediaries like banks or brokerages, they are available to everybody. Unlike a bank or brokerage account, DeFi does not require a government-issued ID, Social Security