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Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of September 6, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from the attempt to use Bitcoin as currency to Afghanistan’s new government. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories…

CONCACAF

The top three teams from the final round of the Confederation of North, Central and Carribean American Football qualify for France. '98.Final…

Catalan art

(Encyclopedia) Catalan artCatalan artkătˈəlăn, –lən [key]. In Catalonia and the territories of the counts of Barcelona, art flowered in the early Middle Ages and continued to flourish through the…

Honduras Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Honduras Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy National Security Foreign Relations U.S.-Honduran Relations PEOPLEAbout 90% of…

CONCACAF Golf Cup

Championship for the Confederation of North, Central American and Carribean Association Football (CONCACAF). Contested for every two years since its revival in 1991. Held Feb. 1-15, 1998 in…

Jody Williams Biography

Jody WilliamsactivistBorn: 10/9/1950Birthplace: Brattleboro, Vt. In 1992 Williams, working with six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), established the International Campaign to Ban…

National Holidays in Latin America

Hispanic National Holidays Related Links Simón Bolívar U.S. Hispanic/Latino Population South American Leaders Countries of the World South America Central America…

Fact Sheet: Iraqi War

Length of official combat operation, Operation Iraqi Freedom: March 20–May 1, 2003.Deployment: More than 300,000 coalition troops deployed to the Gulf region: about 255,000 U.S., 45,000 British, 2,…

Didion, Joan

(Encyclopedia) Didion, Joan Didion, Joan dĭdˈēŏn [key], 1934–2021, American writer, b. Sacramento, Calif., Univ. of…

Carrington, Leonora

(Encyclopedia) Carrington, Leonora, 1917–2011, English-born Mexican surrealist painter, novelist, and eccentric, studied art at Ozenfant Academy, London (1935–38). From a wealthy Anglo-Irish family,…