Mikhail Gorbachev's reformist policies in the Soviet Union fuelled opposition movements to the Communist regimes in the Soviet bloc countries. The structures of the Eastern bloc disintegrated with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and Comecon. The Soviet Union broke up into independent republics.
The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived within that historical civilization. Today they inhabit southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.
Absolute Monarch such as a king or a queen is an example of authoritarian rule. A dictatorship and military junta are also examples of authoritarian rule. Authoritarian governments are not responsible to the people and gernerally do not have a constitution. The power is centered on a single individual or small group with absolute power and authority to rule.
Historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., described the
powers that President Johnson assumed as he escalated the war in Vietnam
as an imperial presidency. Lyndon <span>Baines </span>Johnson often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the
36thPresident of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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