Stories about Latin America from January, 2006
Nicaragua: Flor de Caña
The votes are in and Nicaragua Living declares Flor de Caña the most beloved alcoholic beverage. More information on Flor de Caña is available on Wikipedia.
Latin America: Sixth Annual Weblog Awards
Panamanian chef, Melissa De Leon has been selected as a finalist in the best Latin American weblog category of the “2006 Bloggies.” Other finalists in the Latin America category include...
Peru: Presidential Candidate, Ollanta Humala
Un Lobo en Perú profiles Peruvian presidential candidate, Ollanta Humala whose popularity among registered voters has soared in recent months. Maxwell A. Cameron writes that Humala has been implicated in...
Venezuela: World Social Forum, Day 1
Venepoetics translates an opinion piece by Oswaldo Barreto in which he expresses his bewilderment that fellow social activists around the world are coming to Venezuela in solidarity with Chávez while...
DR, Haiti: Deaths at the border
Solidaridad Fronteriza reports (ES) that members of religious organizations in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, have carried out religious rites at the mass grave containing the bodies od 24 Haitians who died of...
Venezuela: World Social Forum Caracas
Just in time for next week's World Social Forum, Red Pepper has posted the “WSF Caracas Survival Guide with extra tips in the comments from Caracas resident, Alessandro Parma. Solana...
Global Fusion: Creating Delicious Food One Meal at the Time!
#1: Madrid Fusion My colleague Chef Elena was in Spain with three other Panamanian chefs, for the world famous "Madrid Fusion" one week event, held in the beautiful city of...
Costa Rica: Elections Site
JD Clarke has launched a website dedicated to the 2006 presidential elections in Costa Rica called elecciones2006.com (ES). On its front page is an announcement which seeks volunteer photographers, pundits,...
Costa Rica: Broadband (Im)penetration
Bob Glass writes that for every 1,000 Costa Rican inhabitants, there are only 10 high speed connections, compared to South Korea's 248 or even Chile's 59.
Bolivia: PR Advice for Bechtel
Jim Shultz has some PR advice for Bechtel: admit that they made a mistake in their administration of Cochabamba's water supply.
Peru: Political Blogs
Juan Arellano reviews (ES) two Peruvian political blogs as the election season heats up. Peru Election 2006 is written in English and Spanish by political science students at the University...
Argentina: Ruthless Efficiency, Cultural Consumption
Ian clarifies that he's not joking when, in a post entitled “Argentina's Ruthless Efficiency” he writes that it only took 20 minutes to get a three month working visa. Roberto...
Caribbean: Introducing Indigo Leaf magazine
Karen Walrond unveils her ambitious new venture, a Salon.com type web site called Indigo Leaf magazine featuring work by writers and artists previously unpublished in the US.
Dominican Republic: Country's first podcast coming soon
Remolacha.net announces that the Dominican Republic's first podcast will be coming soon.
Guatemalan Blogs in 2006
This post was originally written in Spanish by Guatemalan blogger, Mauricio Romero. Translation by Juliana Parra Rincón TIME declared 2004 as the beginning of the golden age for blogs and...
Brazil: Date Set for São Paulo's Pride Parade
Made in Brazil tells readers to mark their calendars for June 17th when the world's biggest gay pride parade will take place in São Paulo.
Bolivia: The Media's Morales Recipe
Eduardo Ávila shares the secret recipe to any mainstream media article about Bolivia and Evo Morales. Miguel Buitrago lists some of the attendees at Morales’ inauguration including, of all people,...
Argentina: Eminent Domain in Tilcara
Jorge Gobbi follows up on the conflict between attracting tourists and respecting private property in Tilcara, Jujuy by posting an email from local resident, Jaro Godoy about the lack of...
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
Este artículo también está disponible en español en Blogs de Bolivia Bolivia will not be participating in this year’s World Cup in Germany. In fact, they did not even come...
Nicaragua: Outsider's Observations
Jason Greving of Nicaragua Travels continues his cultural observations with three more notes. Rather than the North American “furrow of the eyebrows,” he says, “here the Nicas have the same...
Paraguay: Rumsfeld to Visit Again
Gilbert Ramirez links to an article which says U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld will visit the country to “deepen the democratic processes in the region.”
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