News of heritage

UNESCO strives to ensure memory remains part of global heritage

19-09-2023 13:11 While UNESCO has universalist aspirations, memorials are ripe for appropriation for political causes – especially where they touch on bloody events of the past.

ISLA DE PASCUA / RAPA NUI

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

11-08-2022 12:20 A first flight with tourists, mostly with reservations made before the pandemic was declared at the beginning of 2020, arrives on Thursday at Mataveri international airport, in Hanga Roa.

Latin America

Ecuador prosecutor investigates ex-president over missing artefacts

26-07-2022 16:49 Ex-president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, has been accused of stealing valuable artefacts from presidential palace, investigation has begun.

Protected Sites

Tourists trample all over protected, prehistoric Peruvian hill carving

14-07-2022 13:08 Peruvian officials search for tourists who damaged ancient hillside carving, the 2,500 year-old Paracas Candelabra.

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparks diplomatic battle at UNESCO

13-04-2022 14:04 Russia is due to host the annual meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in just two months, a meeting that Western nations say they will now boycott over the invasion of Ukraine.

ENDURANCE DISCOVERED

Shackleton's lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica

10-03-2022 21:49 Explorers discover one of most famous shipwrecks in history on an expedition organised by Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust.

News of heritage

UNESCO strives to ensure memory remains part of global heritage

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

Ecuador prosecutor investigates ex-president over missing artefacts

Tourists trample all over protected, prehistoric Peruvian hill carving

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparks diplomatic battle at UNESCO

Shackleton's lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica

Prices in dollars puts Argentines’ summer vacations in doubt

Javier Milei targets Argentina’s big cities in bid for first-round win

Argentina Central Bank move slammed as ‘attack’ by Mercado Pago

'Asado crisis': Meat woes for Argentines as prices surge more than 30% in a month

Socialist icon Evo Morales plots comeback in Bolivia after clash with protégé

Javier Milei se lleva el 20% de los votos de Larreta, Bullrich retrocede al tercer lugar y Massa crece en el norte

Una encuesta en PBA relega a Javier Milei al segundo lugar, sube a Massa y muestra una migración de votos de Bullrich

Detuvieron a dos policías y un empleado municipal que se dedicaban al robo de ruedas

El mensaje de Marcos Galperin, sobre la norma que afectaría a los usuarios de Mercado Pago: “No lo van a poder romper”

Euro blue hoy: el minuto a minuto de la cotización de este martes 26 de septiembre de 2023

News of heritage

UNESCO strives to ensure memory remains part of global heritage

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

Ecuador prosecutor investigates ex-president over missing artefacts

Tourists trample all over protected, prehistoric Peruvian hill carving

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparks diplomatic battle at UNESCO

​​Shackleton's lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica

Prices in dollars puts Argentines’ summer vacations in doubt

Javier Milei targets Argentina’s big cities in bid for first-round win

Argentina Central Bank move slammed as ‘attack’ by Mercado Pago

'Asado crisis': Meat woes for Argentines as prices surge more than 30% in a month

Socialist icon Evo Morales plots comeback in Bolivia after clash with protégé

Javier Milei se lleva el 20% de los votos de Larreta, Bullrich retrocede al tercer lugar y Massa crece en el norte

Una encuesta en PBA relega a Javier Milei al segundo lugar, sube a Massa y muestra una migración de votos de Bullrich

Detuvieron a dos policías y un empleado municipal que se dedicaban al robo de ruedas

El mensaje de Marcos Galperin, sobre la norma que afectaría a los usuarios de Mercado Pago: “No lo van a poder romper”

Euro blue hoy: el minuto a minuto de la cotización de este martes 26 de septiembre de 2023

Shackleton's lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica