The separation of powers and checks and balances grants each branch of government with their own limits of power. This prevents tyranny because the other branches will check the one branch's limits on the power and stop it before it gets out of hand.
Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago—had originally set 5 January 2005 as the date of signing the agreement relating to the CARICOM single market and economy (CSME). The ceremony had then been rescheduled to coincide with 19 February 2005 inauguration of the new CARICOM-headquarters building in Georgetown, Guyana, but this was later postponed after a ruling by the London Privy council caused alarm to several Caribbean countries.
Crew of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman
<span>Even though African Americans were now free after the Civil
War, they faced more obstacles. Though they were given the right to vote and
some were even elected into government positions in the South, a violent
backlash by whites reversed the reforms that were made and this resulted in the
restoration of white supremacy in the South.
Harassment from groups such as the Klu Klux Klan kept African Americans
from exercising their rights and they
were looked upon as inferior by whites. It would take another 100 years before
African Americans could attain equality.</span>
