ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióThe former president has been outside the Central African country since late 2023, mostly in South Africa.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióTheir homecoming also exemplifies the efforts of countries across the world toólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióretrieve pieces of their own stolen history
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióthat still sit in display cases and in the vaults of some of the West’s top museums.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióFrom Thai temples to the Acropolis in AthensólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióLatchford, a high-profile Asian art dealer who came to settle in Bangkok and lived there until his death in 2020 at 88 years of age, is believed to have earned a fortune from auction houses, private collectors and museums around the world who acquired his smuggled ancient artefacts from Thailand and neighbouring Cambodia.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióIn 2021, Latchford’s daughter, Nawapan Kriangsak, agreed to return her late father’s private collection of more than 100 artefacts, valued at more than $50m, to Cambodia.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióThough never convicted during his lifetime, Latchford was charged with falsifying shipping records, wire fraud and a host of other crimes related to antiquities smuggling by a US federal grand jury in 2019.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióHe died the following year, before the case against him could go to trial.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióIn 2023 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York agreed to return 16 pieces tied to Latchford’s smuggling network to Cambodia and Thailand.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióAt the Bar Familia L Y 304 Rocafonda, run by the player’s uncle, Abdul, you are left in no doubt that Yamal remains faithful to where he came from.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióDecked out in photographs of Yamal and signed shirts, in one corner is a tiny, plastic version of the World Cup. It begs the thought: might Yamal one day lift the real thing for Spain?ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióFamily is everything
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióThe player’s own story starts 30 years ago when his maternal grandmother, Fatima, arrived from Morocco and took up a job in an old people’s residence.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióShe worked to bring her seven children over from Morocco and managed as a single mother.