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Ligny (Belgium), May 5 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Olivier Hoslet) Members of the First Troop of Ligny, Belgium, recreated on Wednesday one of the last great battles of Napoleon Bonaparte, as an act of commemoration on the 200th anniversary of his death.FOOTAGE OF THE RECREATION AND THE ARRIVAL OF A SHIRT OF NAPOLEON AT THE LIGNY MUSEUM.
Paris, Apr 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Luis Miguel Pascual / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Two centuries after having divided the world into two halves, the figure of Napoleon is still surrounded by controversy in France, where the bicentennial of his death has created a great controversy between the defenders of his legacy and those who deny it.FOOTAGE OF THE NAPOLEON FOUNDATION, IN PARISSOUNDBITES OF THIERRY LENTZ, PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION, AND LOUIS GEORGES TIN, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL OF NEGROS ASSOCIATIONS IN FRANCE.TRANSLATION1.- "The health crisis will save the leaders, who are going to make the excuse of the health crisis for not participating in the commemoration events."2.- "Pride is stronger abroad than in France. In all European countries, but also in South America and the US, there are people who, at the same time, study Napoleon or are passionate about him."3.- "There is nothing to celebrate. Napoleon can be taught, but not celebrated. There are three important crimes attached to his person. Political crimes, he is a dictator who gave a coup. War crimes, he sowed Europe with blood and fire, even in Spain. Crimes against humanity, by reestablishing slavery, the only country in the world to do so. It is a dictator, a butcher and a slave owner who is going to be celebrated in a Republic, I don't understand it. "
San José, Sep 16 (EFE), (CAMERA: Douglas Marín) .- A total of 500 perfectly coordinated Intel company drones brightened the sky of San Jose and painted shapes alluding to the identity of Costa Rica.
Brussels, May 5 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was the beginning of the decline of the emperor, whose figure was practically erased from the European continent before his name became a legend.On Wednesday, the city that saw him fall hosts an exhibition that commemorates his decline and subsequent rise as a myth on the same day as the 200th anniversary of his death.At the foot of the monument to the Battle of Waterloo, the centre of the memorial exhibits more than a hundred objects owned by the emperor and that span the last 6 years of his life.FOOTAGE OF THE MEMORIAL.SOUNDBITES OF ANTOINE CHARPAGNE, MANAGER OF THE CULTURAL MEMORIAL.
Paris, May 5 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Prince Jean-Christophe Napoleon attended on Wednesday a tribute ceremony for the bicentennial of Napoleon's death in Paris.FOOTAGE OF THE EVENT AND THE LAYING OF FLOWERS ON THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON, WHICH HAS BEEN ATTENDED BY JEAN CHRISTOPHE NAPOLEON, HIS DESCENDANT, AND HIS WIFE.
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