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Summary- A summit was supposed to be held in Singapore, and was scheduled last week. This was a meeting between North Korea and US to denuclearize North Korea. North Korea was up for it because Kim Jung UN could focus more on the economy and trading with China, but it may change because the relationship and military alliance with US. US wants the relationship between North Korea and South Korea to grow so war between US and North Korea don't start any time soon.

Causes
North Korea believe the relationship between South Korea and them will not change the relationship with US and they misjudged that.

North Korea is afraid South Korea will over run them and canceled high level talks

World Action:
Many South Korean spy's were released even from 10 year sentences to talk with Trump about denuclearizing.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwbYpdGpx8U

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North Korea World Problem

Summary- North Korea had been creating and stocking up on weaponry for no particular reason but still made many countries be cautious when reaching an agreement with them since they are loading up with weapons, this is a prime example of textbook militarism. Militarism is when a country stockpiles weaponry and is ready to strike aggressively whenever they feel the time is right. Recently north korea had come to an agreement in which they would stop stockpiling weapons unnecessarily.

Causes of denuclearization

Kim wants assurances that the U.S. will not seek regime change, and hopes to develop his economy

a real and lasting peace between the rival Koreas would mean less risk of another war far from home

the possibility of reducing an expensive military footprint in South Korea.

that means there’s less of a reason for a U.S. presence on the Korean Peninsula.

That would benefit both China, the number one trading partner of both South and North Korea, and Russia, the North’s second-largest trading partner

World Reaction- North Korea was unnecessarily stockpiling  weapons. Seeing this the world reached an agreement with North Korea to put an end to the act of stockpiling weapons for no reason.

Picture link- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/05/09/experts-downplay-north-korea-ambassador-comments.html?source=images

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The growing North Korean nuclear threat, explained [Updated]

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Summary- After the socialist leader died in 2013, Nicolas Maduro was elected president on a promise to continue Mr Chavez's policies. Venezuela is split into parts of a government, the followers of the socialist policies of the late President Hugo Chavez, and those who cannot wait to see an end to the 18 years in power of his United Socialist Party. The two parties leads to clashes of words and firsts like arguments and riots.
World actions - Trump promised in last July that he'll make strong and swift economic changes to counter Maudros anti democratic measures
Columbia- took additional steps to control the exodus of Venezuelans at the boarder so they gave Venzulans food and medicine
CAUSES
political crisis
food loss
oil output
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/08/venezuela-crisis-struggling-feed-170809164804151.html

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Summary: Many are dying in Congo at the moment due to different reasons.
Cause:
- They are now experiencing the virus Ebola again and it is killing many.
- Military problems
- Protest and etc
World Action: There is finally a developed medicine and we are giving it to them and get better

https://youtu.be/0UEj4KQ7M_w

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afghanistan- miyako, avril, jared, elianna 

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the taliban (a group of men who want to bring afghanistan back to old religious practices) are continuing attacks upon afghanistan to revert it's culture back to its original ways. for example, on tuesday the taliban raided the city of farah and engaged in an intense gun battle with security. there were high casualties among security forces, as well as many casualties from the large fight that went on in the city center. the citizens closed down all businesses and schools and hid within their households. multiple checkpoints around the city have been overrun by the taliban, and the u.s. is lending air force protection to the city. photo:
https://goo.gl/images/A8CxbT

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As the victims of the latest attacks are mourned in Afghanistan, worries grow about more attacks to come.

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Started in 2011 and is still going on right now. Sudan is in this civil war due to South Sudan wanting to maintain its independence from Sudan. In total, there have been about 2 million deaths. This is the third civil war that they have been in.

The cause of this conflict is South Sudan wanting to stay separate from Sudan. South Sudan gained their independence from Sudan in 2011 after the end of the second Sudanese civil war in 2005. They are now warring again over the same conflict.

Because this conflict has been going on for so long, there has not been much world aid, however, the UN is trying to assist the south Sudanese refugees.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/south-sudan-conflict-five-reasons-why-civil-war-happening-1540189

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Why is there conflict in South Sudan? | Let's Talk | NPR

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There is currently a civil war going on between Syria, and primarily between the Ba'athist Syrian Arab Republic led by President Bashar al-Assad, along with its allies, and various forces, opposing the government, as well as each other. This civil war has been an ongoing war, since March 15, 2011. More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war.

Causes:
- High employment, which is what many Syrians were complaining about, prior to the war.
- Initial government crackdown against protestors backfired.
- Discontent with Authoritarianism and Assad’s family long reign of power in Syria, since the 1970s.

World Action:
Since late 2011, peace plans or initiatives have been launched by the Arab League, Russia, and the United Nations. A UN backed international peace conference Geneva II Middle East peace conference was scheduled for 22 January 2014.

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Video Link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=K5H5w3_QTG0 Stop video at 2:03

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Mexico- Ben, Julia, Sunny, Cameron, Ryan P

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Mexico- Ben, Julia, Sunny, Cameron, Ryan P

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The Mexican government has been fighting a war with drug traffickers since 2006. Drug traffickers are unlicensed dealers that are selling drugs.
When the drug cartels started in the early 1980’s the Mexican Government did not properly combat the cartels. The U.S. responded by cracking down on traffickers bringing drugs into the U.S. and beginning a war on drugs in an attempt to stop the cartels. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OAfEq80YlWU