Six- Current Event Notes

Article:
Vatican Bank faces money laundering Probe
by the CNN Wire staff
posted September 21
from CNN.com

There is an investigation by italian authorities over a violation of the money laundering regulations in the vatican. A different Italian bank alerted investigators that they had found 2 vatican transactions that did not fit into their requirements. The Vatican Bank is the most secret bank in the world, and no one actually knows how much money it controls. The requirement that was not met in the transaction was that the bank did not give enough information about the transfers, the transfers were one for twenty million euros and one for three million euros.
it gets tricky because vatican city is technically a sovereign state- italy only has
certain powers over them
pope created the account for only holy causes
the two transactions did not give enough detailed information

i i thought it was interesting how there is a top secret bank account, and since the vatican is its own state how it has its own special regulations.

it was slightly biased because not much information is being given from the vatican, not enough to give reasonings for the two transactions, or even what rules the bank has, and where and what is the money directly going to.

FIVE- First Small Group Discussion

I was really pleased with how the discussion went. I finally felt like I could voice my opinion and everyone was very respected and listened to. A lingering thought about the discussion I have, is the question of King Leopold's ghost. It was interesting to see how we have individually figured out an answer, and after discussing, I feel like we have a really good understanding of what the ghost might be. No one felt the feeling like they wouldn't be listened to or respected, which really created a good environment in which every one shared their thoughts.

Four- King Leopold's Ghost First Response

It was really interesting reading about Stanley and how he wants to recreate his history. It was just an interesting idea.
“Stanley not only gave himself a new name;he tried for the rest of his life to give himself a new biography” (23)
It made me curious if any other people in history have done this. Is this a common thing? It was really interesting to read about, and I'm excited to learn more.
What other parts of history have been twisted?


Why is there a need for Stanley to twist his biography, when he is the main character?

What does the slavery of Alphonzo's nephews say about the culture?

Three- Thoughts on Imperialism Lecture

I learned what imperialism was in general, which was pretty neat. I want to learn more about the effects of the imperialism or colonialism on the country was. After the mini research I did on Rwanda, it was interesting to see why the genocide happened. I would be very interested in seeing the other effects on different countries.