time. However, sometime around the turn of the century the growth seemed to stall, and has in the last few years returned to a slow decline. There is more work to be done to keep the Māori language alive.

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The Random Wikipedia of the day is the entry for Koro Dewes, a man who was a key figure in the struggle to promote the Māori language. Mr. Dewes, who lived from 1930 to 2010, did most of his advocacy for the language at the university level. He was a lecturer at both the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington. At Wellington, he helped extend the course catalog so that students could get a degree in the Māori language studies. He was also the first personin the last decade became the largest generator of foreign exchange in Nicaragua, had suffered a severe blow by the protests that began on April 18 with street demonstrations, roadblocks, lootings and fires.

The news of the violence that, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report on Monday included 76 deaths and almost 900 injured, spread across the globe.

Suzat added that men armed with clubs were out in the middle of the night looting. They even tried to force their way into the Suzat hostel, but the Frenchman quickly blocked the gate and entrance with his vehicle, while his 40 guests trembled in fear.

“At daybreak, they all packed their backs and left. It was a night of terror,” recalled Apolline.

“Now I only have two customers drinking soda,”