Stories about Latin America from August, 2014
Latin America’s World Cup Lessons
In this article, Global Voices continues its look at the relationship between the hosting the World Cup and social unrest.
Peru Plans to Catch Public Transport Gropers With Undercover Female Cops as ‘Bait’
It follows a successful pilot program in Colombia, where a team of women wearing "tight trousers, miniskirts and low-cut tops" has caught 129 men this year.
Simón Bolívar, Esteemed Liberator or Infamous Dictator?
"It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny," said Simón Bolívar, known as the "Liberator" of many South American countries.
Indigenous Libraries As Social Venues
“One thing is that books satisfy users’ curiosity, and a very different one that is that it might represent the identity of the community them belong to”. Argentinian librarian Daniel Canosa questions the role and function of local libraries. On Infotecarios network he writes: Las bibliotecas indígenas, [deberían] generar conocimiento...
Mexico’s Minimum Wage is Criminally Low. Is It Unconstitutional?
The minimum wage in Mexico is equivalent to $5 US dollars. Just what can you buy with that?
How Much Infuence do Travel Blogs Have?
GV contributor Laura Schneider posts on her blog a survey by travel bloggers to know how much influence do travel blogs have when traveling. You can participte and send your own survey until September 1. The results will be published on the network website.. This post was part of the...
Video of Ex-Michoacán Governor’s Son with a Cartel Leader Revives Corruption Accusations in Mexico
Governor Fausto Vallejo recently resigned amid allegations of corruption. Alleged links between he and his family to organized crime have been reported for a long time.
Video Contest: Inspiring Stories of Protected Areas
The International Unión for Nature Conservation (IUCN, for its name in Spanish) on its official page on Facebook, makes a call for communites and populations that live in protected areas in South America to submit their videos to take part in the contest “Inspiring stories of protected areas”, aiming to...
Accessibility and Lack of Appreciation for Young HIV Carriers Fighting AIDS
Under the premise that AIDS is the second cause of teenager deaths in the world and the nvisibility for vulnerables populatons in this field, Puerto Rican journalist Natalia A. Bonilla Berríos writes about the participation of L’Orangelis Thomas Negrón, HIV carrier from birth, on the XX 2014 AIDS International Conference...
Loved Brazil’s 2014 World Cup? The Five-Time-Champion Nation Wasn’t So Thrilled
Social unrest and protests are what apparently characterise World Cups that are hosted in Latin America.
5 Free Apps, Podcasts and Blogs to Learn Quechua
Quechua does not enjoy much official support in Peru, its country of origin, but new generations are using technology to learn and disseminate the languages belonging to this family.
Emancipation Day Sees New Triumph as Haitian-Born Dominican is Declared a National
Emancipation Day, the anniversary of which is marked in several Caribbean territories on August 1, inspired two Jamaican bloggers to consider the occasion more closely. Nadine Tomlinson quoted Marcus Garvey on the importance of emancipating the mind, while her compatriot, Jean Lowrie-Chin, thought it significant that August 1 also marked...
Global Voices is Looking For a Dynamic Leader to Shape Our Brazil Coverage
Global Voices is looking for a bilingual online news leader to run our Brazil coverage
On the Walls and the Web, A Venezuelan Art Collective Supports Socialism
In their blog titled No Sabemos Disparar, a group promotes and illustrates their urban action in different communities within and outside of the Venezuelan capital.
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