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A Peace Corps program was established on the island in 1992. Madagascar qualified for AGOA trade benefits in 2000. Madagascar became the first country with a Millennium Challenge Corporation compact when it signed an agreement worth $110 million in April 2005. [8] The Ravalomanana government was especially positive about ties with the United ...
First Franco-Hova War (1883–1885) Merina Kingdom France: Defeat. Establishment of the Malagasy Protectorate; Second Franco-Hova War (1894–1895) Merina Kingdom France: Defeat. Madagascar annexed by France; Menalamba Rebellion (1895–1897) Menalamba rebels France: Defeat. Rebellion put down by French authorities; 1904–1905 uprising in ...
The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), Pub. L. 96–39, 93 Stat. 144, enacted July 26, 1979, codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 13 (19 U.S.C. §§ 2501–2581), is an Act of Congress that governs trade agreements negotiated between the United States and other countries under the Trade Act of 1974.
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials; Charter of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation; Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission; International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic; International Air Services Transit Agreement
Successive sovereigns Ranavalona II and Ranavalona III and their Prime Minister, Rainilaiarivony, rejected the claim of French protectorate status and consistently refused to acknowledge the French representative or submit to the demands of the French, who attempted to impose control over Madagascar's foreign affairs and trade. The Malagasy ...
United States Ambassador to Madagascar R. Niels Marquardt described a "climate of insecurity" in Madagascar. [147] Marquardt said that Madagascar would be likely be deemed ineligible for the trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act if it did not hold elections by the end of 2009. [147]
In the United States, CoCom compliance was implemented by various statutes authorizing the President to regulate exports, including the Export Control Act of 1949, the Export Administration Act of 1969, the Export Administration Act of 1979, the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), the Trading with the Enemy Act, and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, among others.
The Franco-Hova Wars, also known as the Franco-Malagasy Wars, were two French military interventions in Madagascar between 1883 and 1896 that overthrew the ruling monarchy of the Merina Kingdom, and resulted in Madagascar becoming a French colony. The term "Hova" referred to a social class within the Merina class structure.