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Mexican Easter

Holy Week is the occasion of many colorful processions around Mexico, like here with this Paseo de los Judas Indultados (“Procession of Judas”) in front of Mexico City“s National Palace. Particular importance is given to Judas Iscariot — and an effigy of the man who betrayed Jesus is usually burned on the night of Easter […]

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Why Is Sean Penn Tearing Down Haiti’s Presidential Palace?

LE NOUVELLISTE, LE MATIN (Haiti), MIAMI HERALD (US) Worldcrunch Bulldozers have started tearing down Haiti’s National Palace. Once a symbol of national pride, its crumbling façade has become a constant reminder of the devastating earthquake that hit the country in 2010. However, as the Palace demolition began on Thursday, the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste criticized […]

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