“It is a history of pre-Columbian Peru, the Spanish conquest, and the subsequent colonial regime” — and an argument (in Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara) that Spain had no right to colonize and abuse the Inca peoples [daily.jstor.org]
While the official global death toll from COVID-19 is about 5.2 million, the excess deaths (including unreported cases, other illnesses that couldn’t be treated, etc.) is now estimated at 17.6 million, according to The Economist [economist.com]
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