the raging casino economy, the majority of whom were Cuban natives. Development in this epoch was therefore faulted because benefits only reached a small sector while the rest of the population was left uneducated and obligated to exploitation. The majority was thus a stratified populace, plagued by poverty and stagnancy. Cuba for this reason lacked the ability to develop. 16

The history of international development has been stained by colonization, a process that applies a standard scheme of imposition and penetration in communities. In the quest for rapid acquisition of wealth, colonization has reaped negative effects throughout the world by understating the individuality of regions. The result of colonization has overwhelmingly left countries in political, economic, environmental and social disarray, which ultimately leaves the unstable countries dependent upon foreignWoman ticketed for sending cow poop to neighbor

After three years of complaints about a neighbor's barking dog, a south Burlington couple received a smelly response from the dog's owner a few days ago.

That response has led to the owner being cited by Burlington police for third-degree harassment after mailing a pile of "cow poop" to the couple's home by priority mail.

Kimberly Capdevila, 51, 2835 S. Main St., was given the misdemeanor ticket Monday by Burlington police for having a package of animal feces mailed to Steve Rowland and Mary Eipert, who live across the street from her at 2838 S. Main St.

Rowland said he and his wife received a package in the mail Dec. 13. He said he initially thought it was a three-pound package of sprouted flour