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Black people were more than one-third of Argentina's population. So why don't they have any Black players?
35+ min ago (502+ words) One man is going viral for making the argument that this year's World Cup, read carefully, is essentially a colonial atlas. Every squad, he says, tells you which empire moved which people. Except one. "The World Cup is the most-watched…...
What the situation looks like on the ground in Venezuela
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (104+ words) CBC What the situation looks like on the ground in Venezuela CBC's Jorge Barrera reports on the ground in Venezuela as authorities face the devastating task of recovering bodies from the rubble in the wake of two back-to-back earthquakes that…...
Between 1849 and 1874, roughly 100, 000 Chinese men from Guangdong province were shipped to Peru under contracts they could not read, to work the coastal guano islands and the sugar plantations " and the fusion cuisine their descendants would eventually create is why the city of Lima today has more than 6, 000 Chinese-Peruvian restaurants called chifas
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6 ways Haiti helped shape the United States before it was fully formed
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (565+ words) Haiti's impact on early America stretches from war to territory, cities and Black freedom. As America celebrates its 250th anniversary this weekend, we can guess which people and places will be spotlighted more than others. Especially at a time when foreign-born,…...
Venezuelan-born woman's heartbreak after earthquakes
28+ min ago (385+ words) A Venezuelan-born woman has described the heartbreak she felt after seeing footage of the devastating damage caused in the country by last week's earthquakes. Hortence Yagmur, who now lives in Arborfield, Berkshire, said the building she lived in as a…...
From Pawn to Perceived Threat: Revisiting Rayford Logan's Analysis of Haitian-American Relations
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (139+ words) lenouvelliste. com From Pawn to Perceived Threat: Revisiting Rayford Logan's Analysis of Haitian-American Relations As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence'the first independence in the Americas'I had the opportunity, during a panel at the annual conference of…...
July 10 Free guided visit to the Stone Age settlement of Cabezo del Plomo in Mazarron
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (231+ words) Murcia Today - News July 10 Free guided visit to the Stone Age settlement of Cabezo del Plomo in Mazarron The circular remains of Cabezo del Plomo date from around 5, 000 years ago This period in human development of man was a transitional…...
The Hispanic Founder " DNYUZ
48+ min ago (940+ words) One of the biggest Independence Day celebrations outside of North America takes place in Macharaviaya, Spain, a mountain town, population 500, in the southern province of M'laga. Thousands of people attend the festivities, during which villagers wearing 18th-century period costumes reenact…...
Tangier Island: Rising waters, eroding shores, dwindling time
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (1334+ words) On a windy June morning, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's boat rocked violently on the waves of its namesake watershed, brackish drops splashing aboard as it sped toward Tangier Island, a 1. 2-square-mile landmass first settled in colonial times, whose future is…...
Venezuela Earthquake Kills Nearly All Government Officials
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (276+ words) According to reports, the death toll in the aftermath of the earthquake has reached 2, 595, while authorities warn that more deaths might come to light as search and rescue operations proceed in the affected areas. Addressing the press, Rodriguez revealed that…...