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The Guatemalan genocide, also referred to as the Maya genocide, [3] or the Silent Holocaust [7] (Spanish: Genocidio guatemalteco, Genocidio maya, or Holocausto silencioso), was the mass killing of the Maya Indigenous people during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) by successive Guatemalan military governments that first took power following the CIA-instigated 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
Zabivaka, the official mascot of the World Cup. 14 June – The opening ceremonies of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [10]19 June – the Russian State Duma adopted a bill that made education in all languages but Russian optional, overruling previous laws by ethnic autonomies, and reducing instruction in minority languages to only two hours a week.
In the 2018 World Cup, there were three groups that were considered groups of death: Group E (Brazil, Costa Rica, Serbia and Switzerland), Group F (reigning champions Germany, Mexico, South Korea and Sweden) and Group D (Argentina, Croatia, Nigeria and Iceland). [76]
In 2018, a Guatemalan court ruled that the army committed acts of genocide, but no one was convicted. [9] In 2024, General Manuel Benedicto Lucas García (brother of President Fernando Romeo Lucas García ) was placed on trial for genocide, crimes against humanity, forced disappearances, and sexual violence against the Maya Ixil people.
Mateo Sujatovich (born 18 January 1991), [1] also known for the musical project Conociendo Rusia, is an Argentine musician. [2] As Conociendo Rusia he has released three albums, his homonymous debut in 2018, Cabildo y Juramento in 2019 and La Dirección in 2021.
العربية; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; Беларуская; Български; Bosanski; Čeština; Eesti; Español; Esperanto; فارسی; Français; 한국어
Bomb explosion in the dining room. Vladislav Roslyakov purchased a shotgun on 8 September 2018 and bought 150 rounds legally at a gun shop on 13 October 2018. [3] [4] [5] He entered the building of Kerch Polytechnic College on 17 October 2018 at about 10:02 a.m. [6] [7] A survivor of the incident said that the shooting lasted for more than 15 minutes.
The Maya dead were laid to rest with maize placed in their mouth. Maize, highly important in Maya culture, is a symbol of rebirth and also was food for the dead for the journey to the otherworld. Similarly, a jade or stone bead placed in the mouth served as currency for this journey.