President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid his plans aimed to end the Great Depression through The New Deal program. The New Deal is set of laws which will be passed for the first 100 days of his term. This does not include the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The current president of the USA is Barack Obama. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is the first African American to ever be elected to the presidency.
Muckraking journalism involves writing about crime and corruption in government and in industry. A journalist who engage in muckraking journalism is called a muckraker. This type of journalism bring important social issues to light. According to Steffen, the major purpose of muckraking journalism is to expose and reform corruption in politics.
I think the cycle of economic dependence still continue.
The only difference is before independence, they will depend on the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain
After the independence , those two were taken over by Britain and US's citizen.