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colonialism

kuh loh nee uh li zuhm

  • n  exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
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  • Barack Obama in Bloomberg
    I think what's hampered advancement in Africa is that for many years we've made excuses about corruption or poor governance,Obama said. "That this was somehow the consequence of neo-colonialism, or the West has been oppressive, or racism....
  • Omar al-Bashir in FOXNews
    Speaking for the first time since the warrant was issued Wednesday, al-Bashir told a Cabinet meeting that those agencies, the UN and the tribunal are "tools of the new colonialism" meant to bring Sudan and its resources under control.
  • Phan Thi Kim Phuc in International Herald Tribune
    We fought two wars to free ourselves from the shackles of imperialism and colonialism, all in the hope of having basic human rights,wrote Vo Thi Hao, a novelist and painter, on her self-titled blog. "Even the French colonial government...

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