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Eiriz's career took a sharp turn by the end of the decade when her 1968 work Una tribuna para la paz democratica ("a platform for democratic peace") was deemed "defeatist" by the Cuban government, which effectively marked her as a dissident. [4]
The yawn reflex has long been observed to be contagious. In 1508, Erasmus wrote, "One man's yawning makes another yawn", [39] and the French proverbialized the idea to "Un bon bâilleur en fait bâiller sept" ('One good gaper makes seven others gape'). [40] Often, if one person yawns, this may cause another person to "empathetically" yawn. [23]
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The US government supported the 1971 coup led by General Hugo Banzer that toppled President Juan José Torres of Bolivia. [9] Torres had displeased Washington by convening an "Asamblea del Pueblo" (Assembly of the Town), in which representatives of specific proletarian sectors of society were represented (miners, unionized teachers, students, peasants), and more generally by leading the ...
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Logo of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace. The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (in Spanish: Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz, JEP), also known as Special Justice for Peace, is the Colombian transitional justice mechanism through which FARC members, members of the Public Force and third parties who have participated in the Colombian armed conflict are investigated and put on trial.
The General Assembly special session in Lima at which the Democratic Charter was adopted was the reason why United States Secretary of State Colin Powell was absent from his country during the Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001; he cut short his participation at the meeting and departed Lima for Washington, D.C., shortly after ...
A General Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace (Acuerdo General para la terminación del conflicto y la construcción de una paz estable y duradera) was signed by representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC on August 26, 2012, in Havana, Cuba. The agreement set a road map ...