Stories about Ecuador from July, 2006
Americas: BlogHer
As the BlogHer conference approaches, Liz Henry takes a look at what Spanish-speaking bloggers have to say. Also, an introduction to more women bloggers from Ecuador and Mexico.
Ecuador, Venezuela: Chavez Visits Quito
Journalist C.J. Schexnayder gives some context to his recently published article on Hugo Chavez's visit to Ecuador.
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador: Indian Interest
Massimiliano Cali is surprised to read that, shortly after the nationalization of the natural gas sector, “the Bolivian government is set to approve a US$ 2.3bn bid by two Indian companies to extract of one of the world's largest untapped iron ore deposits.” Meanwhile, Boz notes that India also began...
Ecuador: Petrol Economics
The Wolf Report has reached post number 10 in the series, “The Importance of Being Ecuador.”
Ecuador: Eruption of Tungurahua Documented by Citizen Media
Christian Espinosa has compiled the abundance of citizen photography (ES) documenting the eruption of Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador. The comments section has become a forum of citizen reporting.
Ecuador: Women in the Ecuadorian blogosphere
Liz Henry has a great introduction to women in the Ecuadorian blogosphere.
Ecuador: Newspapers with Blogs
Christian Espinosa links to a new blog by the newspaper El Diario (ES) from the province of Manabí. So far the weblog has been embraced mostly by migrants living outside of their home state. El Telégrafo and La Noticia are the two other Ecuadorean papers with official weblogs.
Cambodian Views on Football World Cup
Football fatasy. Football frenzy. Football fever. You name it. People all over the the world are watching the Football FIFA world Cup 2006, hosting in Germany, so are Cambodia. Euphoria and insomnia comes to almost all of us, not to mention Cambodian buddist monks. Just days ahead of the opening...
