Cuban cobalt: A gateway to strategic minerals politics?

Eduardo Chibás: Incorrigible Man of Cuban Politics

Eduardo Chibás (1907-1951) was a unique figure in Cuban politics between 1947 and 1951 the last years of democratic rule before a military coup in March of 1952. His flamboyant manner and shocking public accusations, transmitted to a nationwide audience via radio, allowed him to dominate the island's political discourse, introduce an original political style and present himself as a preferable ...

Politics Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

11688 Models of Strategic Choice in Politics

Electrodes Modified with Synthetic Clay Minerals: Electrochemistry of Cobalt Smectites

-Hydrothermal treatment of a mixture of silicic acid, cobalt chloride, sodium dithionite and sodium hydroxide at 250 ~ under 500 psi of argon produced a pink solid. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron diffraction data showed the product to be a well-crystallized smectite. SEM/EDX analysis gave a unit cell formula of [(Si8.05)(Co558)O20(OH)4]Na066....

Prelude to the plague: public health and politics at America's Pacific gateway, 1899.

San Francisco played a crucial in the formulation of American immigration policy vis-à-vis Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During this period, it was often difficult to differentiate political struggles over the exclusion of Asians from other conflicts. This article examines one such arena: an acrimonious, well-documented argument in 1899 between Federal and various S...