In the light of the demands for independence the old "metropolis" change their strategy, giving rise to neocolonialism.
They grant then a formal independence, which hides a real dependence in the form of military and especially economic cooperation agreements, which ensure the continued exploitation of the now ex-colonies.
All this is accompanied in many countries by different forms of apartheid and racial segregation, which recede more and more gradually at the same rate with the firm condemnation to the international level and with the advance of mondialization.
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