Burma

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This paper examines how the series of military regimes that has ruled Burma since 1962 has devastated its economy, stifled dissent, repressed its people and killed many, and isolated the country from the rest of the free world. It looks at how the persisting repressive regime in Burma has been a long nightmare for its people and a difficult target of intervention for the international community. Through a literature review, it attempts to explore how Burma's ethnic minorities have fought to form their own separate states, as well as the social factors behind the deterioration of its economy. It also examines how international bodies, such as the United Nations and the European Union, have reacted to the political, economic, and social conditions in Burma.

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"Having gained its independence from Great Britain after 62 colonial years in 1948, Burma enjoyed only a democracy for 14 years when a military coup cut it short in 1988 and plunged the country into a repressive regime. Ethnic minorities have been restive and, despite losing the multiparty elections in 1990 to the National League for Democracy or NLD, the military junta refused to give power up, placed the winning candidate under house arrest and frustrated attempts by local and international forces to restore democracy to the country. As a result, Burma's population has been suppressed and isolated, dissent has been crushed and its economy in utter distress."

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