Stories about Chile from June, 2006
Blogs& Beers with José Luis Orihuela
José Luis Orihuela (ES) is visiting Chile invited by International Communication Conference and Workshop (ES) . Taking this unique opportunity, different blogers invite José Luis to talk with Chilean blogers...
Chile, Argentina: Blogger Reunions
Two blogger meetups in the Southern Cone. Ariel Vercelli reminds readers (ES) that June 29th is “Weblog Day” (ES) in Buenos Aires with an event at the University of Palermo....
The State of Creative Commons in Latin America
Coauthored by Jose Murilo Junior and David Sasaki Global Voices has become a supporter of Creative Commons licensing not due to ideology, but because our website depends on it. The...
Chilean citizens’ initiatives
Crime is on the increase. Citizens are tired. A victim of an armed robbery that occur two weeks ago in the capitol has started a social movement against the crime....
Chile: Club de Lulu
Liz Henry has a great introduction to the Chilean women behind the entertaining and informative Club de Lulu (ES). Then, a follow-up with links to the contributors’ individual blogs.
Interview with Leo Prieto
(he doesen't surf the internet, he dives into it!) Leo Prieto has blogger activism in his DNA. He has lived in countries like Thailand and Holland, and now resides in...
Latin America: Friday Poll Numbers
Boz's Friday poll numbers this week show the neck to neck race in Mexico presidential race as well as an electoral map from Peru's recent election.
Storms and rain in Chile
Pancho Cornejo show us the capital rain collecters in this photo. The first rain arrived and half of the capital, Santiago, is flooded. One of the main reasons is that...
Philippines: Learning from Chilean Student Protests
Blogging Bugs reads an Global Voices post about Chilean students coordinating their protests using social web tools and asks students in Philippines who are facing similar problems to follow the...
Chile: Complete List of Student Protest Blogs
The Chilean newspaper El Mercurio has a complete list of Chilean blogs and photoblogs maintained by protesting students throughout the country.
Chileans Students Still Stand for their Rights
It is the first time in more than 15 years that public school students have coordinated to make the government hear their petitions. So far they have mobilized more than...
Latin America: Poll Numbers
This week's Friday poll numbers by Boz might be the most in-depth yet.
Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela: Surplus Investment
In a rare English-language post, Guccio reveals his theory on Venezuela's foreign investment of surplus oil revenue. Noting that Chile invested its copper revenue surplus in foreign banks, he suggests,...
Chile: Student Protests Overwhelm Santiago
Referring to the student protests that have engulfed Santiago, Fernando Flores says that he has always considered education to be the Achilles heel of Chile (ES). Grafica Rebelde has photos...
