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After defeating the 1936 military coup attempt, the Spanish government imprisoned some of the uprising's suspected political and military supporters at the Cárcel Modelo Prison in Madrid. After rumours that the prisoners were escaping, an angry crowd formed outside the prison's gates demanding the execution of the " fascists ". [ 1 ]
The Presidio Modelo was a "model prison" with panopticon design, built on the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines"), now the Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth"), in Cuba. It is located in the suburban quarter of Chacón, Nueva Gerona .
Cárcel Modelo, also known as Cárcel Celular, was the main prison for men in Madrid at the turn of the 20th century. Located in the Moncloa-Aravaca district, it was inaugurated in 1884 after seven years of construction [ 1 ] and replaced the 18th century Cárcel del Saladero .
He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [18] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [18] In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers.
Everest grossed $128 million worldwide during its theatrical run – a figure that remains the highest gross for an IMAX documentary. [2] With domestic takings of $87,178,599, [ 9 ] it is the second highest-grossing film (documentary or otherwise) to never reach the top ten in the weekly North American box office charts, [ 10 ] and also the ...
Norte de Santander (Spanish for Northern Santander) (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnoɾte ðe santanˈdeɾ]) is a department of northeastern Colombia.It is in the north of the country, bordering Venezuela.
La Modelo (English: The Model [Prison]) is a prison in Bogotá, Colombia. With 11,000 inmates, the facility is known for its violence. With 11,000 inmates, the facility is known for its violence. [ not verified in body ] The prison's north wing accommodates left-wing rebels while the south wing has right-wing government supporters and ...
Venezuela Aid Live was a concert to benefit Venezuela in Cúcuta, Colombia, a city near the Venezuelan border, on 22 February 2019.The all-day concert, called Música por Venezuela: Ayuda y Libertad (transl. Music for Venezuela: Aid and Freedom), [2] was organized by Richard Branson and Bruno Ocampo, and featured over thirty of the best known Latin American artists [3] from nine countries.