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Foreign investors are worried about the history of major protest in national politics.
At this time Aquino was the president they had taken reforms that had created a stronger basis growth. These forms were enterprise governance, public finance, and many social programs. By having these it was a positive sign.  Aquino wanted to force structural anti-corruption reforms like many of the ones they had positive things come from having them.
- The population helped him due to all the support from them. Aquino had a approval rating at 46%. He had a 35% of people that seen the part of the peace process

http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/04/27/economic-and-political-challenges-in-philippines-event-3645

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- Cambodia is the 71st largest export economy in the world, out of 221 economies. In 2015 Cambodia had exported 16.1 billion dollars in goods, and imported 15.3 billion dollars in goods. One United States dollar is equal to 4,083 Cambodian Riels.
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/khm/

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- Over a couple of years the U.S. and Cambodia have made and broke relations with each other. The United States and Cambodia are trying to develop democratic institutions and promote human rights, they both are attempting to increase trade as well.

https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2732.htm

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Khmer Rouge was a radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 after winning power through a guerrilla war. It was set up in 1967 as the the Communist Party of Kampuchea. It was lead by Pol Pot and founded by Son Ngoc Minh in 1968.
https://www.google.com/search?q=khmer%20rouge&rlz=1CALEAJ_enUS743&oq=khmer%20&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.3308j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on

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- In the recent years Cambodia's rich natural resources have been covered up by China's numerous and large resources and factories. Lately tourism and the garment industry have been growing and putting out money. But studies show that more and more garment jobs/factories are going to China. Real estate is also bringing in foreign investors. But to go against the tourism, fuel prices have been increasing which will/does lead to a decrease in tourism.
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Cambodia/sub5_2d/entry-2923.html#chapter-15

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- After over throwing Khmer Rouge, Cambodia put in a stable government. There are certain industries that really helped Cambodia. The garment industry was only producing 4 million dollars but recently has jumped to 600 million dollars. Tourism has rose 34% since 2000, one reason why it has jumped that much is because a film called the Tomb Raider captured the Angkor Wat complex.
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Cambodia/sub5_2d/entry-2923.html

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3. Justice for War Crimes Caused by Khmer Rouge leaders

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3. Justice for War Crimes Caused by Khmer Rouge leaders

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People soon started talking  about bringing the Khmer Rouge’s surviving leaders to trial began soon after the movement’s death. After years of dispute and holding off, the court founded for these trials, called the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, was established in 2006 as an operation between the United Nations and the government of Cambodia. The first indictments were handed down in 2007, and the first trial—against Kaing Guek Eav. In 2010 Duch, what they called Kaing Guek Eav, was convicted of war crimes and of crimes against humanity and was sentenced to prison. Ieng Sary, who had also been charged in 2007, died in prison in 2013 while being prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khmer-Rouge

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In the western part of the country Khmer Rouge was isolated and weak due to their dependence on gem smuggling for their funding, they suffered many battle losses and grew weaker from year to year. In 1995 many of their people accepted an offer to be forgiven/pardoned from the Cambodian government for their offenses. In 1996, Ieng Sary, co founder of Khmer Rouge abandoned the war fare along with several thousand supporters under his command and signed a peace agreement with the government. The disorganization within the corporation escalated in 1997, when Pol Pot, a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge, was arrested by other Khmer Rouge leaders and sentenced to life in prison. Pol Pot died in 1998, and soon afterward the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge left or were imprisoned.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khmer-Rouge

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- A survey in 2015 showed that an average Filipino family earned about 267,000 pesos($5,341 us dollars). Also, the average Filipino family spends 215,000($4,300 us dollars).
https://psa.gov.ph/survey/annual-poverty-indicator
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- In 2015 the Philippines is the 39th largest export economy. The Philippines exported $77.9 billion and imported $76.8 billion, this resulted in a positive ending balance of 1.06 billion dollars.
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/phl/

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Cambodia and its Economy During the Vietnam War

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Cambodia and its Economy During the Vietnam War

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- In 1863 the French added Cambodia as one of their colonies to export goods like rubber, soon Cambodia became independent and had a stable economy.  In 1970 Cambodia was drawn into the Cold War, along with this there was civil war within Cambodia. The civil war was against a Communist group vs. Christians, Liberals, Conservatives, and Nationalists.
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Cambodia/sub5_2d/entry-2923.html

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- The United States has helped the Philippines out for a couple of years, with natural disasters. In 2013 the U.S. gave about 143 million dollars to the Philippines to help recover from a typhoon in 2013. The U.S. has a strong trade relationship, with 25 million dollars in goods and trading services. The U.S. also recognizes the Philippines as an independent state.
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2794.htm

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In 1953 France gave Cambodia limited freedom. France would have control over economy and international trade while Cambodia would have control over the armed forces, judges, and foreign affairs. France did this because Cambodia's leader was truthed by the French. Cambodia started to fight for all of their independence later that year. Then on November 9,1945 France started to force all their troop in Vietnam so they stop fighting Cambodia and gave  Cambodia their full freedom. Vincent auriol was the french leader who gave Cambodia their independence.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/dien-bien-phu
- Cambodia gained their independence from France on Nov.9,19. https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/how-late-king-norodom-sihanouk-brought-french-rule-to-a-peaceful-end-46825/

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- After their independence, Cambodia had to worried about the vietnam war,which was going on right next to their border. Plus countries all over the world were showing  their military power. https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/how-late-king-norodom-sihanouk-brought-french-rule-to-a-peaceful-end-46825/
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/dien-bien-phu

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- The Philippines' leader Estrada at the time was impeached for the many reasons talked about earlier. The Philippines were in some serious debt, they owed a large amount of money to foreign investors, they also did not have the best agricultural business', and the tax collectors weren't the greatest either.
- Social problems were rising greatly too. Problems like rape, kidnaping, communist rebels, muslim groups,  and high unemployment/poverty rates.
- The Philippines has been given aid by many foreign countries, one reason why they are in some much debt. But these contributions has made the Philippines agricultural and other programs/industries, which helped the country flourish.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Philippines-OVERVIEW-OF-ECONOMY.html

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- Corazon C. Aquino was a political leader in 1983. She became president (1986-1992).
- Macapagal- Arroyo Started her political status in 1992 for senate. Arroyo became president/leader in 2000's. She went against Estrada at the time to be where she was at the time.
- Joseph Estrada president in 1998-2001. He first started running for mayorship. He later ran for vice president in the 1992. Estrada became the president in May 1998. He claimed millions of dollars. Many of time Estrada convicted of crime. One time he was brought trial for plunder and was said he claimed more than $80 million. January 20, 2001 left because senators blocked the admission. They finally put Estrada in prison for 40 years. in May 2010 he lost to Benigno S. Aquino III.
-  Aquino III was a president from 2010-2016. He is the son of Corazon Aquino. At first he worked for companies for social progress and nike philippines. In 1986 Aquino III was vice president of his family's security agency. Their family had many of business. In 1993 he left to go to another family owned business to work as a sugar refinery. He started he political career in 1998 when he became part of the liberty party. Joseph Estrada was president at the time when Aquino III is running for presidency. On may 10 he became president. The philippines was strong during Aquino III presidency. They still had high unemployment and the government had a slow response to Super Typhoon. This cause the death of 8,000 people and hit more than 80,000 people in november 2013. In june 30,2016 last president to Rodrigo Duterte.
- Rodrigo Duterte is the leader today. He started in 2016 when he won over Aquino III. He was a political mayor of Davao City. This was on the island of Mindanao. Duterte helped fight crime which gave him the name "the punisher"

http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/philippines-history-biographies/gloria-macapagal-arroyo
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Estrada

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-In the Philippines, the prices of goods has decreased by a lot since 1997. Recently foreign investors and trading has increased which has help out the Philippines in a really good way.
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Philippines/sub5_6g/entry-3916.html

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How the Leaders of the Philippines did not help

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How the Leaders of the Philippines did not help

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-Ferdinand Marcos was a leader of the Philippines, he wasn't the best leader for them at time. Marcos was supposed to serve for 8 years but ended up using martial law to be in office for one more year. Marcos was accused for being corrupt and appointing his friends to high government positions even though they had no experience in that field or type of work.
-Marcos tricked Benigno Aquino Jr., his rival, into coming back into the Philippines. Aquino was assassinated, his wife Corazón Aquino ran for president and won. Soon Marcos was exiled to Hawaii, he eventually died there. Even though Mrs. Aquino encountered natural disasters, she passed laws and a new constitution.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Philippines-OVERVIEW-OF-ECONOMY.html
http://rivercity.wusd.k12.ca.us/file/1291557857997/1344348421783/5547505615865394130.pdf

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- The Philippines government is a democratic republic
-They have three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial.
- The president is the head of state, and of government.
- legislative includes two separate bodies. They have an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The upper chamber includes the Senate. The lower chamber includes the House of Representative
- The judicial branch includes a court of appeals, a regional trial court, and a supreme court.
- Executive includes the president, vice president, executive departments, and a cabinet.
-The Philippines independence was gained from Spain on June 12, 1898. They gained their Independence from the United States in 1946.
-The Treaty of Paris was signed by the United States and Spain in December of 1898. This signing of the Treaty was the end of the Spanish- American war.
-Spain surrendered the Philippines to the United States.
-The Treaty of Manila was signed. This granted the Philippines full independence from the United States on July 4, 1946.
- The Philippines agreed with a treaty against Japan, but did not sign it because they were concerned with reparations. 48 other countries signed it which stated that Japan would pay for the damages it created during the Battle of Manila. This treaty was called the "San Francisco Peace Treaty.
- The Philippine-American war broke out not long after the Spanish-American war
-The Philippine-American war lasted for about 3 years
- Deaths in the Philippine American war: over 4,200 Americans; over 20,000 Filipino soldiers; about 200,000 Filipino civilians died from either violence, disease, and famine.
-beginning of independance: The church was one of the biggest source of stability for the Philippines (the church stayed away from the Politics)
-The first president since independence: Ferdinand Marcos in 1965
- The Philippine Trade Act (The Bell Act): Passed by the United States Congress in 1946. This Act stated that the Philippines would be able to continue free trade until 1954

https://www.quora.com/When-did-Philippines-gain-independence-1946-or-1898
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15581450
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/philippine-independence-declared
https://www.reference.com/government-politics/kind-government-philippines-3fd7df128fd0f0fa#
http://www.history.com/topics/spanish-american-war
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Philippines/sub5_6b/entry-3842.html
http://www.gov.ph/diplomatic-relations/ph-jp/

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-After WW2 the Philippines relied on the U.S. and other foreign countries from economic help. The U.S. promised/gave $620 million dollars in war damages, the Philippines also looked to all foreign investors(like Japan). Once the Philippines were independent they wanted to rebuild their capital, Manila.
-Even though the U.S. was giving money to the Philippines they still wanted to have a military presence in the Philippines. The U.S. said that they will leave after 8 years, they wanted to do this so that they are able to protect their interests in Asia.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Philippines-OVERVIEW-OF-ECONOMY.html
http://rivercity.wusd.k12.ca.us/file/1291557857997/1344348421783/5547505615865394130.pdf

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-The financial crisis of 1997 cause the Philippines economy to take a plunge. The financial deficit was 50 billion dollars, surrounding countries were worse off than the Philippines.
-Joseph Estrada was elected president in 1998-2001. Estrada had a strong economic team but couldn't really help the Philippines. Joseph took advantage of his power by putting his friends in power, without experience in that job. Since Estrada was being corrupt riots, kidnappings, bombings, and all around criminal activity rose. Natural disasters like typhoons and floods did not help the economy either.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Philippines-OVERVIEW-OF-ECONOMY.html

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In 1979 the Khmer Rouge government, name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia, was overthrown by Vietnamese troops, which caused them to form  a temporary alliance with two non communist Khmer groups opposed to the Vietnamese central government in 1982.The Khmer Rouge was the strongest part of this alliance, in which continued guerrilla warfare until 1991. The Khmer Rouge disapproved the peace settlement of 1991, proposed by the United Nations, and the multiparty elections in 1993, and they continued guerrilla warfare against the noncommunist people government formed after those elections.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khmer-Rouge