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Yamandú Orsi, el hijo de almaceneros que le temía a la Luna y fue elegido presidente de Uruguay

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Docente de historia, buen cocinero, amante de la música folclórica y el canto popular, hincha de Peñarol y, según dice, “buen jugador de fútbol”. Yamandú Ramón Orsi Martínez, un hijo de trabajadores del campo y almaceneros del departamento de Canelones, quien de niño “le temía a la Luna”, fue elegido

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Redmond Fire & Rescue joins C.O. fire agencies reopening rural outdoor debris burning Monday; still banned in city

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At 8 a.m. on Monday, Redmond Fire & Rescue will reopen outdoor burning. With the recent rains and decrease in high temperatures, the risk for fire spread has decreased to safe levels. Redmond Fire & Rescue would like to remind anyone who is conducting outdoor burning of the regulations for the areas

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A violent start to the term of Mexico’s new president raises questions about strategy, the army

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, in just over three weeks in office, has inherited a whirlwind of violence that many say was set up by her predecessor’s policy of not confronting drug cartels and using the army for law-enforcement. Sheinbaum, who took office Oct. 1, would rather be talking about

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Biden apologizes to Native Americans for abusive government-funded boarding schools

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for what he described as “one of the most horrific chapters in American history,” government-funded boarding schools that abused indigenous children and forced them to assimilate over a 150-year period. “Quite frankly, there is no excuse that this apology

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Fact check: How Trump’s TV ads deceive viewers with misleadingly edited quotes

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s late-campaign television ads are littered with deceptively edited and misleadingly described quotations. Multiple Trump ads omit critical words from quotes by and about Vice President Kamala Harris on the subject of tax policy. One Trump ad misleadingly depicts comments about fracking from Trump’s campaign

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Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s worst-ever environmental disasters. Under the agreement, Samarco — a joint venture of Brazilian mining giant Vale

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