Garifuna language fades in Punta Gorda Roatan island village
In Punta Gorda on Roatan Island Honduran residents Reina Martinez and Celso Zapata see Garifuna traditions and language wane as younger generations favor Spanish and English Creole. Linguist Genevieve Escure records Garifuna to spark interest while locals rethink how to preserve their living history.
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Punta Gorda
Honduras
Reina Martinez
Cassandra Ballesteros
Roatan
Martinez
Celso Zapata
Zapata
Island
Genevieve Escure
South America
Arad Rochez
Santos Guardiola
Honduran
Grenoble
Escure
University of Minnesota
Latin America
Developing World
Orphanage in Ukraine Relies on Foreign Help for Disabled Kids
About 100 handicapped children at Pugachevka orphanage suffer aftereffects of Chernobyl. They face weak health, brittle bones from radiation, and minimal government support. Foreign donors, notably Freedom Village USA, supply most funds while staff strive to keep them clean and cared for despite harsh conditions.
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Pugachevka
Ukraine
Chernobyl
Europe
Kiev
Ivan Guliyev
Guliyev
Fletcher A. Brothers
Freedom Village USA
America
Brothers
Brothers’ Group
Valentyna Moshkivska
Malaysia and US to discuss Malacca Straits security
At a regional security conference in Singapore Najib Razak said Malaysia will hold talks with the Pentagon soon with Admiral Thomas Fargo about boosting anti-terrorist security in the Malacca Straits. Malaysia will not permit American troops or assets to enter the waterway and said new measures will be managed by local nations. The Straits of Malacca links Europe, the Middle East and Asia, carrying about a third of world trade and half of its oil.
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Singapore
Malaysia
Pentagon
Straits of Malacca
Europe
Middle East
Asia
U.S
Pacific
Thomas Fargo
Najib Tun Razak
Najib
Indonesia
Politician Visits Peruvian Danger Zone By Omar Quesada
Omar Quesada visited Pomacocha Ayacucho region amid greetings from dozens of schoolchildren in blue and gray uniforms as locals offered pisco. The piece notes Ayacucho as Shining Path’s historic killing ground, with Abimael Guzman once teaching nearby, and recalls the group’s brutal impact in the 1980s and 1990s with tens of thousands killed.
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Pomacocha
Peru
ERT
Omar Quesada
Quesada
Ayacucho
Shining Path
Abimael Guzman
Guzman
Lima
Ayacucho State
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Fiji
Mitch
United States
Caribbean
Lenore Grenoble
Dartmouth College
Linguistic Society of America
Committee For Endangered Languages
Malacca Straits
Wu Jewelers
42Nd & Tanglewood
Midland
Biof M. Bigg Savina
Eanes Delian
Ens Ay
Odessa American Advertising Department
Odessa College
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