Question

Douglas Preston documented the search for this country’s lost “white city” in his 2017 bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God. This country’s “Call it what it is” campaign celebrated a March 8, 2023 executive order that controversially legalized the morning-after pill. The hydroelectric company Desa was connected to the death of Lenca activist (10[1])Berta Cáceres (“KAH-say-race”) in this country’s southwest. (-5[1])In April 2022, this country’s president was extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges. Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a 2009 coup (10[1])in this country before becoming First Gentleman to this country’s current president Xiomara Castro (-5[1])(“SHEE-oh-MAH-rah castro”). For 10 points, Nicaragua shares the Mosquito Coast (10[2])with (-5[1])what (-5[1])country whose capital is Tegucigalpa? ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Honduras [or Republic of Honduras; or República de Honduras] (The campaign is “Hablemos lo que es.”)
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y989%0%44%99.88

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Nathan ZhangCornell CVassar5410
Austin GuoPrinceton ARutgers A60-5
Andrew MinagarYale BNYU B8310
William OrrYale ARutgers B97-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APrinceton B10510
Ashish KumbhardareRowan AColumbia C10510
Arjun BothraHaverfordPenn B106-5
Cooper RohColumbia BBard A107-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AYale C11310
William HelmanBard AColumbia B1130
Kaiden CareyPenn BHaverford11310
Lexi TermanRutgers APrinceton A11310
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BYale A11310