[Link] Maradona Was Buried Without His Heart So Soccer Fans Wouldn't Steal It

Read: 24/11/2021 www.vice.com

Diego Maradona, the long-time heart and soul of Argentine soccer, is apparently buried without one of those things. After his November 2020 death, the soccer star was reportedly buried without his heart, according to a new book about his health written by an Argentine doctor and journalist.

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[Link] Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo Is Getting Fired

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Art Acevedo had a busy six months as the chief of the Miami Police Department: He unknowingly took a photo with a Proud Boy, said the city was run by “Cuban mafia,” and made enemies for pushing the COVID vaccine on officers.

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[Link] Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Cubans used to joke about Napoleon Bonaparte chatting to Mikhail Gorbachev, George W Bush and Fidel Castro in the afterlife. “If I’d have had your prudence, I’d never have fought Waterloo,” the French emperor tells the last Soviet leader.

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[Link] Cuba’s Social Media Blackout Reflects an Alarming New Normal

Read: 27/7/2021 www.wired.com

With protests erupting around Cuba on Sunday over the country's economic crisis, food shortages, and Covid-19 infection spike, the island nation's ruling party responded by blocking access to Facebook, WhatsApp, and other popular communication and social media platforms.

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[Link] Biden administration transfers its first detainee out of Guantánamo

Read: 20/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Biden administration has transferred a detainee out of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for the first time, sending a Moroccan man home years after he was recommended for discharge.

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