Stories about Latin America from November, 2005
Argentina: Rosal
Zona Indie highlights the Argentinean acoustic group, Rosal and links to several free downloads.
Venezuela: New Forum in English
Oil Wars points to a new, mostly English forum to discuss all things Venezuelan. It also has an RSS feed.
Colombia: Spotlight on Chocó
Plan Colombia and Beyond focuses on the often overlooked northern province of Chocó.
Greg and Ursula » Blog Archive » La Boca – Universidad Catholica 2:2
Both Ursula and Diego describe the magic of a Boca soccer game in Buenos Aires.
Latin America: Miss and Mister Blogger
The Chilean ladies behind El Club de Lulu (ES) say that voting has ended for Mister Blogger 2005 and that results will be announced shortly. Meanwhile, the ever-reactionary fellows in charge of El Club de Tobby announce the beginning of voting for Miss Blogger 2005. BlogsPeru reveals that the contest...
Brazil: Ready To Tumble
Made in Brazil has photos of Brazilian gymnast, Daiane dos Santos from the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships taking place in Melbourne.
Mexico: Pre-Election Impressions
Alán Flores offers some pessimistic thoughts on next year's election.
Brazil: First Release of Elizete Sobe o Morro
Daniella Thompson rejoices at news of the release of 70-year-old Hermínio Bello de Carvalho's album, Elizete Sobe o Morro,
Guatemala: Post-Stan Tourism Recovery
Chapinadas says tourism in the Atitlan region is back up to 70% after taking a major hit from hurricane Stan.
Argentina: Gay Pride Parade Confrontations
Andrés Duque has a summary of last weekend's gay pride parade in Buenos Aires, which reportedly drew 10,000 participants as well as some skirmishes.
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
Foreigners residing in Bolivia make up a good chunk of those blogging about the country. Some have lived in various cities in Bolivia for quite some time and others are merely passing through. Nevertheless, their observations and discoveries about life in Bolivia provide a unique perspective on a drastically different...
Chile, Bolivia: Developing Together
Chilean senator and blogger Fernando Flores traveled to La Paz, Bolivia where he met with various politicians and leaders to discuss bilateral solutions to development, investment, and leadership (ES) in the globalized age.
El Salvador: Jury verdict against Carranza
Tim's El Salvador Blog has two posts on last Friday's verdict against former Salvadoran Colonel, Nicolas Carranza in a Memphis, Tennessee federal court.
Argentina: World's Best Weblog
The Argentinean weblog A Little Respect, I'm Your Mother was selected as best weblog of 2005 in the Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards. A book version of the fictional account has already been published in Spain and will soon be available in Latin America. The weblog's author, journalist Hernan Casciari...
Open letter to all Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans
Dear brethren: During these ominous days for the relations between our peoples, I would like to issue a call to prudence on both sides of our common border. A stupid border dispute promoted by two of the worst Administrations our peoples have seen in a long time, has grown out...
Indonesia, Peru: National ID
Yosef Ardi welcomes Indonesia's decision to implement a single ID number, which leads him to think about Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto's theories in The Mystery of Capital. Says Ardi: “I imagine the single identification number would be the first organized property owned by Indonesian.”
Cuba: Porno Para Ricardo
Venepoetics is impressed by Gorki Águila's Cuban punk band, Porno Para Ricardo and translates an excerpt of an interview (ES) done by his friend, Simón Bravo.
Argentina: Blog Map
Mirko has created a map of Argentinean bloggers using Frappr.
Venzuela: Pop, Diplomacy, 3rd Blog Bday, and Xmas Traditions
The Devil's Excrement reviews the Caracas Pop Festival, Daniel has more on the Mexico-Venezuela diplomacy tensions, Aleksander Boyd reflects on three years of his excellent aggregation of English-stories on Venezuela, Vcrisis, just as Google News stops indexing the site. Tomas Sancio explains Christmas in Venezuela.
New Specialist Blogs: A Growing Chilean Opportunity
Inside the Chilean Blogs world, we have a specialist blog community. This community is characterized by people that have worked for the government, or are in the academic field, participate in social movement and also have leadership in their area. It is not only a thematic blog community, these are...
Colombia: Rio Hacha
Juan Noly was impressed by the town of Rio Hacha.
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