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Hace 1 día · Belgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federal parliamentary democracy. The bicameral federal parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. The former is made up of 50 senators appointed by the parliaments of the communities and regions and 10 co-opted senators.
Hace 4 días · Molenbeek-Saint-Jean ( French, pronounced [molœnbek sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃, -bɛk -] ⓘ) or Sint-Jans-Molenbeek ( Dutch, pronounced [sɪɲˈcɑns ˈmoːlə (m)ˌbeːk] ⓘ ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
Hace 6 días · Leopold was chosen as he was seen as "the soul of the great exploration movement and of African civilisation," L’Independence Belge reported that year. But crucially, at the Berlin 'Scramble for Africa' conference of 1884-85, Leopold had promised to abolish the slave trade in central Africa to convince the international community to become the absolute monarch of the Independent State of Congo.
Hace 5 días · Failing to enlist British interests in the development of the Congo region, Stanley took service with the king of Belgium, Leopold II, whose secret ambition it was to annex the region for himself. From August 1879 to June 1884 Stanley was in the Congo basin, where he built a road from the lower Congo up to Stanley Pool and launched steamers on the upper river.
Hace 6 días · But in Belgium, Father Damian was admired both during his lifetime and even more after his death in 1889. “The first statue of him was raised in Leuven in 1894,” explains history professor Idesbald Goddeeris at KU Leuven. “When his bodily remains were brought back to Belgium in 1936, they were received by the Belgian king.
11 de sept. de 2018 · Independence was preceded by a long history of colonial rule, starting in the 1880s as the private possession of King Leopold II under the facade of the Congo Free State. As of 1908, it was as an official colony of Belgium. The abhorrent crimes of the Leopold II era were ended and a broad national project was started in Congo.
Hace 5 días · Leopold II (1835-1909) financed the expedition (1879-1884) to the Congo River led by the British-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. At the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 Leopold was recognised as sovereign of the Congo Free State . He emphasized the need for a strong military defense as the basis of Belgian neutrality.
