Stories from 20 July 2005
Haiti: Free Haiti – More Campaign Update
Charles Norman Todd of Freiheit and Wissen has an excellent collection of links on the civil strife in Haiti.
Andean Nations: Andean conference
Boz is keeping his eyes out for English-language coverage of the Community of Andean Nations summit in Lima. So far, it seems to be scant.
Economics With A Face: Cuba Archives
Peter Mork and his wife, Emily Marie Stremel Mork have an amazing series of posts and photographs on their recent trip to Cuba. You can be sure Peter, an economist, will soon be posting some more reflections on their visit to the socialist island.
Chile: Sebastián Piñera Photos
Christian Ocampo has a set of photos of Chilean presidential candidate and blogger, Sebastián Piñera from his visit to Rio Bueno.
Guyana: St. Joseph Mercy Wings Vocational School; The Computer Lab
Taran Rampersad describes his experience at the St. Joseph Mercy Wings Vocational School's computer lab in his ongoing quest to help bridge the digital divide.
Venezuela, Cuba: Cubano docs in Venezuela
Boli-Nica writes about the large number of Cuban doctors sent to Venezuela.
Argentina: Caminito de La Boca
This Delia Thing has some excellent photographs of La Boca district in Buenos Argentinas and concludes, “even though I know this was a tourist trap this was one of the best days I have had in Argentina.”
Argentina Feliz dia amigos
Argenautas points out that today is official Friend Day in Argentina
The State of Free Culture in Latin America
This past weekend at the Contemporary Cultural Center in Barcelona, Spain, an international and multi-lingual group of bloggers, artists, musicians, and lawyers met to discuss the Free Culture movement which aims to reform intellectual property law into a workable paradigm for the digital era. More than just another intellectual property...
Cambodian Blogosphere: Training + Khmer Language Software = More Dialogue?
"Internet cafés are springing up like mushrooms in rainy season in the heart of Cambodia, Phnom Penh in recent years." – Tharum Also, a perfect metaphor for the Cambodian blogopshere! The Cambodian blogosphere is growing, but also getting more organized and connected. Last month, bloggers in Phnom Penh met in...
Taiwan: It's a mess! 亂七八糟
Taiwan Tiger has a brief report on the aftermath of Typhoon Haitang.
South Africa: $1 Billion is a lot of money
Commentary.co.za is flabbergasted that South Africa is even thinking about extending a $1 billion loan to Zimbabwe.
Skypecast: Andrea Monti of ICTlex
Lawyer Andrea Monti, who blogs in Italian at ICTlex, is winner in the Europe category of this year's RSF Freedom Blog Awards. Monti is concerned that people in Western democracies are not sufficiently aware of the extent to which their freedoms of speech are being eroded – and while the...
Singapore: Bloggers.SG 2005 Photos
Speaking of Bloggers.SG, the Singapore blogging conference, Tomorrow.SG has posted links to a number of photo galleries documenting the event.
Singapore: Blogging's potential for S'pore politics not fully realised
In the wake of Bloggers.SG 2005, Omeka Na Huria is calling for more bloggers to get involved in Singaporean politics.
Philippines: Wily, Wily Gloria
The Sassy Lawyer points out that the Philippine government has all three branches independently investigating the same scandal. In the meantime, Inside PCIJ looks at what the on-going crisis means for US interests.
Kenya: Kenyans protests and massacre
Black Looks covers protests in Kenya. The main sticking point seems to be that the current President was elected on a platform to reduce presidential powers within 100 days of the election; unfortunately, that was back in 2002.
Africa: Condi In Africa
Githush wonders why it took Condi so long to go to Africa. In the same post, he points out that First Lady Laura Bush and daughters have been in Africa the whole past week, but that hasn't exactly been well-covered in the United States.
Kyrgyzstan: It’s not Kafkaesque, but it is boring
David Read, who writes the Kyrgyzstan blog Pretend You're Dread, has been trying to get a birth certificate for his son and get married to his girlfriend. Unfortunately, the Kyrgyz bureaucracy isn't quite flexible enough to deal with his situation…
Iraqi: KJ Update
Iraq Blog Count tell us that the number of signatures on the petition to release Khalid Jarrar has risen to well above 600.
Iran: The Iranian young; grown up in tyranny, treated with cruelty!
Mr.Behi passes along the news of two young men who were hung for the crime of being homosexual. One of the victims was under the age of 18.
