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After releasing Gorbachev and Walesa from prison, a free parliamentary was elected. This ended communism.
Gorbachev opened a new system called glasnot. This allowed the people of the Soviet Union to talk about the social issues.
Poland was on a move towards free-market. President Kwasniewski wanted to modernize the economy.
China wanted to modernize their society with four modernization in agriculture, industry, technology, and national defense. They sent students abroad to study mathematics , science, and technology. Later these students helped modernize
China's population is rapidly growing so in 1979 they acted upon a one-child policy. Couples who have only one child will reach some health benefits.
Japan had a striving economy, but fell at the real estate market crisis in the 1980s. Job security, retirement savings, and employment decreased.
The reunification of Germany happened after East and West Germany tore down the Berlin Wall. Kohl was the reigning president trying to rebuild the East.
In Germany, there was troubles between Germans and illegal immigrants. Germans blamed them for the low economy and unemployment while the immigrants wanted to be free.
The economy reached a low when Greece and Ireland threatened bankruptcy. This effected the countries with the euro currency.
Africa has found was to address politics with creating the African Union. It promotes democracy, economic growth, and settles disputes.
The population in Africa is growing. This is leading to serious problems effecting the AIDS pandemic.
Poverty is the biggest problem in Africa. People live in slums with major pollution and most citizens are underweight.
Canada had problems with prime ministers because the citizens didn't like the status between NAFTA. They thought it favored the United States.
The United States is trying to push gender equality. Women's Marches have occurred and a push for equal pay is in the process.
In the United States, Reagan set a new level of budget deficits of $420 billion. This created trouble for future presidents to fix.
The dispute between the Kashmir territory is causing conflict in India and Pakistan. This is affecting the diplomatic relation ship between these countries.
Problems between Hindus and Muslims have become violent, leading to nuclear warheads. This also affects the diplomatic relationships.
India is one of the world's fastest growing economy. With reforms from 1991, foreign investments and market economy made India's economy very large.
South America moved towards democratic governments to try to resolve the social and economic problems, but they have little success with some countries while others haven't changed.
To educate the public, the government set up more public education to decrease inequality income and the gap between the wealthy and the poor.
Drug wars have a huge affect on the economy. Due to the high poverty rate, people turn to drugs to make money while Colombia is the world's highest cocaine producer. Violent acts come to this leaving 35,000 killed over drug wars.
Iran is ruled under Muslim clerics. They are suppliers of an oil industry which is bringing income for the Middle East.
Iran has strict laws against women rights and they don't allow free press or assembly. This created protests that were violent and caught on camera to be posted on the internet.
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was made to create peace between Israel and Palestine, but hasn't worked. They fight with violent terrorist attacks over Jerusalem.