The land of conquistadors, aztecs, and incas. Human sacrifice, religion, greed, war, and torture have all played their part in the building and crushing of magnificent empires. Bandits a continent that is now a living, breathing mix of cultures thousands of years old. [crash] our journey through latin america will take us to prehispanic civilizations all but destroyed by conquistadors, to sites which witnessed the violent struggles for independence from spain and then revolution and bloody civil war. Welcome to latin america, land of the legendary conquistadors, aztecs, and incas. And of course, tequila i begin this journey at the epicenter of this struggle, in mexico, located between the United States to the north and latin america to the south. From chihuahua in the northeast, i drive south to the silver city, zacatecas, and from there farther south to the ancient toltec site of tula. Then i head south to patzcuaro and to mexico city, built on top of the great aztec city tenochtitlan
Criminal activities that are so blatant that a few days ago, the ambassadors of germany and france wrote an open letter, calling on politicians to distance themselves from corrupt oligarchs. People in bulgaria are also angry at the government and the high cost of living. It has become an Early Morning ritual. For weeks now, she has been making noise on the way to work. While bulgarias parliament is in session, outside, the crowds anger is growing. It is unbelievable. A bunch of people who cannot understand anything, cannot do anything, and do not want to do anything. These are the bunch of people the new prime minister, a socialist governing with the aid of right wing extremists. The demonstrators outside say the politicians are only in it for themselves. Bulgaria is one of the most corrupt countries in the european union. Today, a new candidate is being presented for the head of bulgarias to intelligence agency. It is the prime ministers second try. On june 14, opposition took to the
The Syrian Government and its opponents have been pushed back time and time again. They will probably not take place before october now, with both the Syrian Opposition and the International Community divided over the future of the country. Meanwhile, with every day of violence, hatred between those who support president assad and those who want to topple him continues to grow. Thousands of islamists have also come into syria from outside to fight against assads forces. Among them radicalized young for example, a fundamentalist group in belgium has been recruiting dozens of youth in recent months. Before he disappeared, brian destroyed pictures of himself. His mother has just a few left. This one, taken a month before her son vanished, shows the Young Man Holding his niece in his arms. He disappeared in the middle of the night. I dont know why. No goodbye, nothing. And for six months i havent heard from him. It makes me so sad to lose my son like this, my only son, who i love so much.
Faced with an overwhelming amount of information on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, comics offer us a thoughtful way to delve into the roots and current events of the conflict.