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191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Long 19th century (Europe)20th century20th century20th centuryContemporaryContemporaryContemporaryUS Marines occupy Haiti and take over its treasury In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomUS Marines occupy Haiti and take over i…CFA franc created for French colonial Africa In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomCFA franc created for French colonial A…Raul Prebisch and the ECLA thesis on unequal exchange In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomRaul Prebisch and the ECLA thesis on un…Aswan Dam funding withdrawn, Suez Canal nationalized In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomAswan Dam funding withdrawn, Suez Canal…Ghana becomes independent under Kwame Nkrumah In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomGhana becomes independent under Kwame N…Guinea votes no to the French Community, France withdraws overnight In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomGuinea votes no to the French Community…BCEAO established as shared central bank for West African CFA states In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomBCEAO established as shared central ban…Algeria wins independence after an eight-year war In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomAlgeria wins independence after an eigh…BEAC established for Central African CFA states In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomBEAC established for Central African CF…Kenya's independence keeps British-trained civil service and land structures In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomKenya's independence keeps British-trai…UNCTAD founded with Prebisch as first head In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomUNCTAD founded with Prebisch as first h…OAU Charter commits African states to keeping colonial-era borders In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomOAU Charter commits African states to k…Walter Rodney publishes How Europe Underdeveloped Africa In: Co-opt the moderate, bury the militant: the pattern of managed decolonization, Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedom, Weaponized incompetence: was the weak state built to be weak?Walter Rodney publishes How Europe Unde…Portugal grants independence to Mozambique and Angola In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomPortugal grants independence to Mozambi…Mexico's default triggers the Latin American debt crisis In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomMexico's default triggers the Latin Ame…Thomas Sankara denounces Third World debt at the OAU In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomThomas Sankara denounces Third World de…The CFA franc is devalued fifty percent In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomThe CFA franc is devalued fifty percentHeavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative launched In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomHeavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) …France launches Operation Licorne in Ivory Coast In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomFrance launches Operation Licorne in Iv…The Elf affair trial exposes decades of French oil-for-influence payments In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomThe Elf affair trial exposes decades of…John Perkins publishes Confessions of an Economic Hit Man In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomJohn Perkins publishes Confessions of a…Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative cancels debt for poorest countries In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomMultilateral Debt Relief Initiative can…French troops help block a coup and later depose Ivory Coast's Gbagbo In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomFrench troops help block a coup and lat…France launches Operation Serval in Mali In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomFrance launches Operation Serval in MaliMacron pledges to end Françafrique in Ouagadougou speech In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomMacron pledges to end Françafrique in O…West African leaders and France announce the eco currency reform In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomWest African leaders and France announc…France's National Assembly passes the CFA/eco reform law In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomFrance's National Assembly passes the C…France ends its military presence in Mali In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomFrance ends its military presence in Ma…Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso expel French ambassadors and forces In: Neocolonialism: independence without economic freedomNiger, Mali, and Burkina Faso expel Fre…3 events, 1947 to 1947. Click to zoom.36 events, 1960 to 1961. Click to zoom.612 events, 1965 to 1983. Click to zoom.12

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