#war-era

The new Union flag I just put up in my room. I’m not sure of the exact origin of the design, but it comes from the American Civil War-era (1861 - 1865)

Cubans vote on new constitution to replace Cold War-era charter

Cubans will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a referendum on a draft constitution to update its 1976 charter on the heels of significant economic reforms on the island over the past several years.

The new constitution, approvedin the National Assembly late last year after a popular consultation, enshrines private property and promotes foreign investment. State enterprise remains the…

Cubans vote on new constitution to replace Cold War-era charter

Cubans will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a referendum on a draft constitution to update its 1976 charter on the heels of significant economic reforms on the island over the past several years.

The new constitution, approvedin the National Assembly late last year after a popular consultation, enshrines private property and promotes foreign investment. State enterprise remains the…

New Post has been published on https://www.stl.news/bodies-emerge-guatemalas-war-era-model-villages/57931/

Bodies emerge from Guatemala's war-era 'model villages'

SANTA AVELINA, Guatemala /December 28, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) –  It wasn’t only bullets and violence that killed thousands of indigenous people during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war.

The government forced tens of thousands of farmers into so-called model villages under strict army control to isolate them from the guerrillas. They were promised health care and other services, but instead were left to die from malnutrition and treatable illnesses. They weren’t included in the casualty count in the brutal conflict.

Now, in the hamlet of Santa Avelina, their bodies are being unearthed, identified and reburied. Among the bodies are scores of indigenous children who died from measles in the former model village, where residents lived in small, dirt-floor houses and sermons and Christian hymns were once played from loudspeakers.

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By MOISES CASTILLO, By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (AS)