Stories about Peru from October, 2008
Ibero-America: Campus Party in El Salvador
This week in El Salvador, hundreds of technology fanatics have assembled to take part in the latest edition of Campus Party. Participants from 22 member states are divided into one of a broad range of areas including: Astronomy, CampusBot (robotics), Innovation, Modding, Campus Create, Digital Leisure and Digital Inclusion. The participation of bloggers have captured the feeling of being in a room with their fellow technology enthusiasts through their blog posts, photos and videos.
Peru: The King of Spain and the Peruvian Congresswoman
Guillermo from Quimeras Seductoras [es] summarizes the encounter of Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, and the Peruvian congresswoman Hilaria Supa, who met outside of the Congress buildings. She confronted...
Peru: Preparations for BarCamp Lima
Ventana Azul [es] provides the latest details on
Peru: New Terrorist Attack by Shining Path Guerrillas
Silvio Rendón of Lapicero Digital [es] writes about the recent attack by Shining Path guerrillas against a military group in Vizcatán in the department of Huancavelica department that left 15 dead.
Americas: Bloggers Participate in Blog Action Day – Part I
October 15 marked the annual event of Blog Action Day. On this date, bloggers from all around the world pledge to publish a blog post aboug a particular topic. This year the chosen subject is poverty. This campaign hopes “to change the conversation that day day, to raise awareness, start a global discussion and add momentum to an important cause.” Latin American bloggers actively participated in the campaign read some of their thoughts in part I.
Peru: blog cracking hints at censorship
Fernando from Pepitas.com posts the notice he received letting him know that strangers tried to crack his blog, targetting specifically 3 posts with complaints about two ministers. Luckily the attack...
Perú: Bloggers Adopting Congressional Representatives
Peruvian bloggers get together to prompt congressional representatives to be transparent regarding their operational expenses, and this action causes all sorts of reactions from bloggers and congresspeople themselves.
Peru: Digital Communications Event Cancelled
Laura Vannessa from Lau's Blog is very embarrased that a local university has cancelled a Digital Communications event because Jose Luis Orihuela, one of the speakers, was organizing a Beers &...
Peru: Blogger's fights
Javier from El Lápiz y el Martillo compiles the last series of clashes between diverse factions of bloggers. In his post Paisaje después de la batalla (es) he ends with...
