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UNESCO recognizes former detention and torture center in Argentina as a World Heritage site
It is estimated that some 5,000 people were detained at the ESMA during the 1976-83 dictatorship, many of whom were tortured and later disappeared without a trace
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UNESCO names new sites to its World Heritage List – including one in the US
The World Heritage Committee named 27 new sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Two sites in Ukraine were named to its “in danger” list.