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Panasonic in Costa Rica

Panasonic, headquartered in Osaka, Japan, makes a wide variety of technological products and has been since 1918. These include household appliances, televisions, phones, computers, audio equipment, cameras, and batteries of all types, including for electric vehicles. The company has a net worth of $65 billion dollars, and is a transnational corporation in its own right. …

Colonialism in Venezuela

Spain’s colonization of Venezuela began in 1502 when it established its first settlement in the present-day city of Cumana.  In the 16th century, the priority for Spanish settlers was to strike it rich by mining gold. Still others searched high and low for the fabled lost city of El Dorado, supposedly brimming with treasure. The …

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