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[Link] The First Female President of Honduras Just Vowed to End Narco Corruption
Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com
After one of the most dramatic elections in Honduran history, Xiomara Castro has declared herself the winner, making her the first female president in the country's history. Then she made her first promise: to end the narco-corruption that plagued the reign of her predecessor.
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[Link] Ancient Gold Burial Mask Found to Be Painted With Human Blood
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
In the 1990s, archaeologists uncovered an ancient and mysterious burial ritual in Peru: in the center of the chamber was a man, seated with his upside-down skeleton painted red along with the gold mask that adorned his detached skull.
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[Link] Rightwing Chilean newspaper accused of ‘apology for Nazism’ over Göring article
Read: 26/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Chile’s main conservative daily newspaper has been accused of publishing “an apology for Nazism” after running an illustrated article commemorating the life of the German war criminal Hermann Göring.
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