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Honduras One Year On: The Struggle Continues

Honduras One Year On: The Struggle Continues

Guy Tymorek investigates the polarisation and problems that still exist in Honduras one year after the coup d’état that removed democratically-elected president Manuel Zelaya from office.

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Politics

Politics

Argentine politics can be sometimes hard to understand, and reading the news is often confusing if you don’t know how the system works. The following should make things clearer and help you to better understand Argentine politics. How does democracy work in Argentina? In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head [...]

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Culture

Culture

SPORT Fútbol, fútbul y fútbol. Do not miss out on going to a game. There are six top flight clubs in the capital alone and so it’s not just about seeing the internationally-known Boca Juniors play. Be careful though, some of the games are not the safest to be around; clasicós, or the local derbies, [...]

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Opera Is Back: The Long-Awaited Return of Teatro Colón

It’s been a long wait. After nearly four years of eerie silence, music will tonight ring through the great hall of the Teatro Colón, Argentina’s most emblematic cultural monument. And, after nearly four years of painstaking repairs, we are assured that the great theatre will sparkle as it did when inaugurated on 25th May, 1908.

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