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                                          In Jamaica we say:"Time longer than rope."                            "CLAUDETTE COLVIN, THE ORIGINAL ROSA PARKS" Nine months before Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person,  a 15 year old girl was also arrested after she refused to give up her seat on a bus. The incident occurred on March 2, 1955, in the same place - Montgomery, Alabama, USA. The 15 year old girl was, like Rosa Parks, an African-American. He name : Claudette Colvin . She refused to give up the seat and move to the back of the bus. Sixty-six years later, according to an article by CNN  December 16, 2021, the court records about her case have been "sealed, destroyed and expunged, f...

 THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)               MAKES HISTORY The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization that deals with the global rules of trade. It was founded on January 1, 1995 and, having 164 member states, is the largest economic organization in the world. The WTO deals with the global rules of trade between nations. It’s main function is to make sure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible. “By lowering trade barriers through negotiations among member governments the WTO’s system also breaks down other barriers between peoples and trading economies,” it says on its website. For nine months the WTO searched for its new head. There were eight candidates in the selection process. On February 15, 2021, the WTO made history when the general council agreed by consensus to select Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is t...