Stories about Latin America from May, 2007
Mexico: Encouraging Physical Education
Lilu Guzmán of Vivir Mexico [ES] writes about the
Argentina: New Citizen's Media Project, Grito Argentino
Pablo Mancini looks forward to the launch of the new site [ES] Grito Argentino on May 25. LamarK! also reveals more details about this new site, described as [ES], “the first citizen's participatory project of its kinds in our country, which originates completely from the web. The idea is sponsored...
Venezuela: Glover's Film to be Financed by Government
Tomas Sancio reacts to the news that the Venezuela government will help finance a movie project by Danny Glover about the Haitian revolution led by Touissant L'Overture. He writes in his blog, Venezuelan Politics, “You have to be really irresponsible to approve such an expense when the same newspaper reports...
Peru: The War Between Gisela and Magaly
Peruvian television has a colorful cast of characters. Among them are Gisela Valcárcel, the former "queen of daytime television" and wife of a top executive at one of Peru's main television stations, and Magaly Medina, who has a popular celebrity gossip program on a competing channel. They also both publish gossip magazines about Peruvian celebrities. The two women have a long-standing feud and have clashed over the years and Peruvian bloggers analyze this battle.
Americas: Copa America Blog
For fans of the “beautiful game”, a new blog site dedicated to the biennual football tournament, the Copa America, will come as a welcome surprise. The Copa America 07 Blog will feature news and stories about the South American national teams and guests, that will participate in this tournament in...
Venezuela: Growing Blogosphere
ALD [ES] links with interest a recent article written by Victor Solano, who states that the Venezuelan blogosphere will be one that grows the most. ALD believes that “blogs will the medium that grows the most as the supposed repression of information increases by the government.”
Guatemala: Insight into Polls
Luis Figueroa of Carpe Diem [ES] notices the decline in polls for Alvaro Colom, who has participated in the past three elections. Also of note, is that Nobel Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú, has risen from 1.4% in January to 6.2% in May. He believes that her numbers could be higher...
Mexico: Incidents Already Surfacing in Yucatán Elections
The campaign for governor elections are well underway. Incidents of violence are already popping up in Yucatán. Enigmatario [ES] writes about what is at stake.
Argentina: Election Coverage on Mobile Phones
Election coverage in Argentina is moving to mobile phones according to the blog Prixma [ES]. The daily La Nación, in addition to publishing a regular website with election news, will now offer election news via text messages. Interested individuals can even follow elections results in these formats.
Mexico: The Other Definition of Boycott
The word “boycott” means different things to different people. Mark in Mexico sees the tendency of some that limits the actions of others through their “boycott.” “A ‘boycott’ in Mexico, as well as other Central and South American countries, is to blockade. That is, the boycotters not only refuse to...
Brazil: How Falling Dollar Affects Missionaries
Comings Communiqué, a blog written by a missionary living in Brazil, has noticed the steady decline of the dollar conversion rate to the Brazilian real. This has taken its toll and he lists the good, the bad, and the ugly effects on his work as a missionary.
Peru: A Recommendation for Sonia
Mouth watering descriptions of the popular Peruvian dish ceviche, the specialty of Lima restaurant Sonia, are featured in this review on Klephblog. In addition to recommending the fish-based dish, he also recommends several other items on the menu and provides helpful directions to the eatery.
Cuba: Iberia Ad Controversy
Both Babalu Blog and Child of the Revolution weigh in on the controversy surrounding an Iberia Airlines ad promoting travel to Cuba that has been pulled following “public complaints from a Spanish consumer advocacy group which argued that the promotion was sexist and demeaning to Cuban women, and promoted ‘sex...
What Salvadoran bloggers are saying — about a war-like political campaign
There are 22 months to go before the March 2009 elections for President and National Assembly in El Salvador, but already the campaign is a major theme in the Salvadoran blogosphere. The current round of comments were triggered by a political rally led by president Tony Saca, where he made comments which many described as "war-like."
Bolivia: Morales Takes on the Church
Miguel Buitrago of MABB wonders why the Catholic Church in Bolivia chose to criticize the Evo Morales administration when previously they had good relations. Martin Gutierrez of Vitrina de Realidad Bolivia posts the text of Cardinal Julio Terrazas’ words of criticism.
Colombia: The First Blogger Meetup in Medellín Results in Mixed Reviews.
Bloggers in Medellín Colombia comment on Medallo Bloguero, the first Blogger round table- meetup which took place on May 16th during National Internet Week.
Peru: Increasing Interest in Information Technologies
An empty auditorium to hear an interesting lecture leaves the blogger at Sin Papel [ES] perplexed. What can be done to get Peruvians more interested in information technologies? The lecture given by a university professor was not well attended, and not because of high registration costs. It was free. The...
Peru: Garcia's Approval Drops
Living in Peru reports on a recent poll that indicates President Alan Garcia's approval rate dropped 5% In addition, opposition figure Ollanta Humala's approval stands at 16%, but the site points out that the survey was taken in the Lima area and not in the rural parts of the country...
Peru: Food as a Social Change Agent
Peru Food translates the speech given by Gastón Acurio, who stands behind the idea that Peruvian food can be a vehicle to fundamentally change the country for the better.
Chile: Transantiago Falls Short
The relatively new public transport system in Santiago that seeks to integrate and combine the different lines of buses and trains continues to draw criticisms. Qué weá miro en Interné? [ES], a Chilean blog, thinks that even with a well thought out plan, the plan cannot work unless all of...
Costa Rica: Meetings Against FTA
Sites against the vote to approve a Free-Trade Agreement continue to appear in Costa Rica's blogosphere. De pie, Costa Rica de pie!!! [ES] is a site published by the Frente Amplio political party that seeks “to inform the national communiy about the parlimentary resistance against the Free Trade Agreement with...
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