It’s high time we named seven new wonders, seven fascinating places worthy of the cinema Nekoma Pyramid - Dakota, USA Image Credit: The Kurator
The seven wonders of the ancient world having now disappeared, save for the Pyramid of Giza, it was high time we named seven new wonders. According to completely biased criteria. Seven wonders, seven fascinating places worthy of the cinema.
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Ancient wonder: Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, Egypt
This splendid relic of the Cold War with its decapitated peak reminds us of a Mayan funerary temple. In appearance at least. Because the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex was built to launch hundreds of anti-ballistic missiles capable of intercepting Soviet rockets. The powerful beam of its electronic scanning radar, in the form of a white eye, allowed multiple targets to be followed at the same time. Put into operation in 1975, the brand new site was decommissioned during a v
Workers Struggles: The Americas
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Puerto Rican electrical workers union calls one-day strike over government energy contract
On March 3, the Electrical and Irrigation Workers Union (Utier) of Puerto Rico announced a 24-hour strike to begin at 10 PM, March 8. The purpose of the stoppage will be two-fold: to hold a protest at the Capitol and to publicly attend a presentation outside the Chamber of Representatives as part of the investigation of the contract between the administration of Governor Pedro Pierluisi and the Electrical Energy Authority (AEE) with LUMA Energy.
Union president Ángel Figueroa Jaramillo stated that the strike was called so that “all the AEE workers, represented by Utier, can see the presentation that the Alliance of Active and Retired Employees will put on this coming Tuesday where we will expose the truth of the contract with LUMA Energy and the government of Pedro Pierluisi that has already cost us more than $80 million, raises rates, elimin