Stories about Bolivia from July, 2007
Bolivia: Capital Rally in Sucre
Ariel Cristian [ES] provides information of the rally in Sucre and writes, “during the day I will provide a lot of information and provide little opinion about what happens in...
Bolivia: Historic Rally in La Paz Provides Opportunity for Journalism 2.0
A mass rally was held in La Paz to support that the Bolivian capital would remain in that city. Estimates place the attendance at close to one million. A few Bolivian bloggers decided that this would be an excellent opportunity to practice journalism 2.0, in which ordinary citizens could set out and capture images, videos, and opinions from those in the street. Even though everything did not go as planned, it was these new technologies that allowed them to overcome some obstacles and continue this "experiment."
Bolivia: Happiness Index
Miguel Centellas of Pronto* writes about the new “happiness economics” and where Bolivia ranks on these surveys.
Bolivia: Another Seven Wonders
In the spirit of the recent 7 Wonders of the World competition, Miguel Esquirol of El Forastero [ES] provides his own list of the seven wonders of Bolivia.
Bolivia: Snow Blanket Over El Alto
Mario Duran of Palabras Libres [ES] posts a photo slideshow of the rare snowfall in the city of El Alto, and which has caused difficulties for area farmers.
Bolivia: Serious About Autonomy
Miguel Buitrago of Mabblog writes that Santa Cruz is serious about autonomy and its recently written autonomic statute has independence undertones.
Bolivia: Political Blog Aggregator
Sebastian Molina of Plan B [ES] helped launch a new blog aggregator called Piensa Bolivia [ES] “Think Bolivia,” which focuses on entries about the political situation in the country.
Congratulations, Rising Voices Grantees
We are thrilled to announce the first five citizen media outreach projects to receive Rising Voices microgrants. In total we received 142 project proposals from over 40 different countries. What all of the project proposals have in common is a desire to enable their communities to tell their own stories, to write their own first draft of history, to document their traditions and culture before they are washed away by the tides of globalization.
Bolivia: Gas Shortage in Bolivia
Del Quintacho su Rincón [ES], a blog from La Paz, is angered by the shortage of gas for cooking and heating. Meanwhile the government looks for new contracts for export,...
Bolivia: A Previous Encounter with the Victim and the Problem With the Fashion Society
José Andrés Sánchez writes for the Santa Cruz daily El Deber, and also maintains a blog where he adds supplemental information about his published articles. In his blog, he recalls his earlier encounter with a recently murdered "pimp," who was interviewed for his story about child prostitution. A Cochabamba blogger also criticizes the "fashion society" that values butts over brains.
