... union led the eastern bloc , which included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania . Following the communist take over of its government in 1949 , China joined the eastern bloc. Nations who were impartial and were not included in either bloc included India, Indonesia Cambodia and most of ... . In 1961 cold war tensions were high in Europe, Asia and even on the doors steps of the United States in Cuba. The Cuban government of Fidel Castro became openly communist in 1960. He condemned them and began receiving military aid from the Soviet Union and othe...

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... the U.S Asian and Hispanic populations. Hispanics from Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador and other central and South American countries have created communities alongside well- established Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban communities. The Asian population was predominately Japanese, Filipino and Chinese just two decades ago but at the century's end, Asian American with roots in India, Vietnam, or Korea outnumbers ... multiethnic America is moving at a rapid pace, sometimes tension builds and erupts into serious confrontations. For example, the Élan Gonzales case. There were riots and unh...

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